Kauri Treetop

Day 5

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November 14th 2007
Today was our all day wine tasting trip to the North-East of Auckland. We visited four small, family-owned wineries where we tasted great pinot gris, port, and the best grape juice in the world. We also were able to see some of the Kauri trees which are incredibly big and hundreds of years old. If we went to the local store back home, our choice of honey would be clover or clover, so we were qu ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » North Shore

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more