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22. 15/11 - 23/11 - New Zealand's North Island in the Golden Bullet

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November 24th 2007
15/11/07 Our check-in at Cairns Airport yielded a bit of a bonus, due to our change of flights we hadn't been seated together so after a bit of juggling we managed to get some seats next to each other, extra leg room seats no less. The only slight hassle was the fact that if the plane crashed I was repsonsible for chucking the emergency exit door off the plane and leading everyone onto the wing ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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