Suspended helicopter

Auckland>HongKong

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November 12th 2007
Tours,tours,tours... Enough already!!!!!!! We took yet another tour of another city. I swear they all seem the same. This one is famous for the surrounding dormant volcanoes, and Auckland is called the city of sails. We also took a tour of the port and were astonished at the amount of sailboats, (Hence the name) lol. Wine is more reasonable hear than in the South Island and so are the prices in ge ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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