new zealand - auckland to rotorura to taupo to wellington the the south island!!!!
May 16th 2008 Loving New Zealand so much. I think i suit the out door life! We have been here for 10 days and the weather is perfect. It is so so cold but really clear and sunny every day. We have seen lots of beautiful scenery i cannot get over how pretty it is. There are only 4 million people living in New Zealand so sometimes i look out the coach and all you can see is fields, lakes and trees - very relaxing
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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 
