On a Volcano

We climbed up this hill that is an old volcano...there is the city skyline in the background. See the Sky Tower?

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Week 7: Living & Learning in Auckland, New Zealand!

February 14th 2008
(I thought I had published this last week before leaving to Fiji but then just now realized I had only SAVED it...not PUBLISHED it, wow...well, now its a few days old but here it is) I've been here in Auckland for 5 full days now! The accommodations and schooling here is much different then where we were in Australia. Here we live in 5 bedroom apartments that are a 30 minute bus ride outside ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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