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New Zealand: A long edition!

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March 16th 2008
NORTH ISLAND: AUCKLAND Shane and I arrived in to New Zealand and found stepping out of the airport really bizarre. When trying to find the cheapest mini-van to drop us at our hostel we discovered that we no longer had to play charades and driving to the hostel we passed lots of American and English chain-restaurants. Arriving in the centre of Auckland, you could almost mistake the high-stree ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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