the view from Mt Eden towards the city centre

February 10th 2008
Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand, about 1 million live here compared to 4 million in the whole country. It is built on around 40 volcanoes and has a harbor on each side so there are some nice views from the Sky Tower ( the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere, ..only because it has a massive pole on the top mind!). I walked to the biggest of the volcanoes Mt Eden and that has rea ... 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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Claire

Claire Lewis

TravelBlog: I started writing this blog to try and keep any interested parties updated on my travels. I actually haven't been that greta on updating it as often as I should of really. I could say I was too busy seeing the world to spend time writing about it but I think the real excuse was that I have just been a bit lazy at doing it! I have already arrived home now. I set off on 19th Aug 2007 and returned home on 8th June 2008. I will just finish off a few more entries for the countries that I have missed now that I'm home and have time too..... full info

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