Mercury Bay

New Zealand madness!

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April 20th 2008
Well it's been a month of madness for sure...we started off in the North Island sightseeing in aukland and then went up to the bay of islands. Went dolphin watching with the hope of swimming with them....and didn't even see any! Oh well it was gorgoeus and sunny so we did a bit more lying on the beach as if we hadn't already done enough of that in fiji! Then we headed down south to mercury bay and ... 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