View from the skytower (the line down the middle of the photo is for the bungy jump!)

Auckland, the City of Sails and the first England vs All Blacks match...

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June 13th 2008
She’s back in the sunshine! Ok, so Auckland isn’t as warm as the heatwave that hit England over the past two days - but landing after my short flight from Wellington to blue sky and warmth was fabulous. Took the shuttle bus to the YHA, not as nice as the one in Wellington was but hey guess that was only expected given that the hostel had won ‘Hostel of the Year’ for the Oceania region fo ... read more

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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