Auckland Sky Tower

E noho rā New Zealand

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March 23rd 2008
Today we got on an Emirates flight and left New Zealand bound for Sydney Australia. It’s been more than a year in New Zealand and more than 15 months since we left Canada on a snowy night in January; it seems like a life time ago. There was a sense of finality filling out our departure cards, checking the box "leaving New Zealand permanently”. The last couple of weeks have been hectic and for ... read more

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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