Cooks beach view into Mercury bay

New Zealand - The North Island

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April 11th 2008
Hello everyone! We're off to Fiji tomorrow night so this signifies the end of our tour of New Zealand and what a great time we've had in this country! We had a wonderful time in the south island and this continued throughout the north island! We arrived in Wellington in the the north island by the interisland ferry from Picton and this passed through the Marlborough Sounds. In Wellington we ... 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