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New Zealand, here I am!

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May 15th 2008
Weeeellll Another long entry I believe!! So I don't really remember the last time I wrote- in Cairnes I think- Do ya'll know I went snorkeling over the reef? Cause if not- it was pretty freaking amazing..! So yeah, after our day on the reef, we headed to the Daintree Rainforest which is just north of Cairnes. It was pretty cool- actually being in a rainforest! It was like the henry doorly zo ... 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