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Happy Waitangi Day

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February 6th 2006
Well today was the last day in Auckland, but we sure did go out with a bang. Due to it being Waitangi day there was a GIANT music festival held in the domain. I mean there was every single person in Auckland there! Laying around people watching was fantastic, I swear everyone is 100x’s more beautiful in NZ. I don’t know what it is in the water but, DAME! Both men and woman. It was great. So a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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