Keeping Us Company

Auckland - City of sails (and whales)

---

November 26th 2007
Our plan now was to have four days in Auckland then fly out from there to the Cook Islands for about a week; we’d then return to NZ for a longer stay allowing time to discover it at a more leisurely pace. The flight into New Zealand provides a sneak preview of what you’re likely to encounter during your stay there. Down below, mountains and deep green forests stretch out for as far as you can ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Ponsonby

---

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