Cape Reinga

New Zealand, North Island

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December 2nd 2007
Eventually we touched down in Auckland airport (after a 5 our delay in Santiago) and we picked up our camper van from Jucy rentals. We didn't know what to think of our new home but we've become quite attached to it over the past few weeks and we wouldn't swap it for a room in a 5 star hotel! Anyway after meeting up with Carol's parents in Auckland we headed north. We stopped in Whangarei (half ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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