Top of the lookout in Russell

New Zealand meets the Goonobago

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January 9th 2006
I know it's been a while since my last blog, where should I start... Been in New Zealand since the 27th of December and it's been a blast. We got to Auckland in the late afternoon and it was great to be in civilization again. I was close to never leaving Fiji and I would have changed my ticket to stay longer but that would have just snowballed and I would have kept changing my ticket every ti ... 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