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Statue of an ex-Mayor

Give me a Kiwi........ fruit!

January 11th 2008
Thursday 10th So, years after Hayley sent me a postcard of Mount Maunganui (spelling, I haven't checked!)... we're talking primary school here, I finally land in New Zealand! The morning was fairly uneventful (after a night in which I got trapped outside my room as my keycard wouldn't let me back in... Sydney Central's just the YHA you want to be wandering downstairs in your PJs!): finishe ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

New Zealand Flag 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
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