Huka Falls

NZ - North Island

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June 24th 2008
Hello, We said goodbye to Jane and Doran and flew into Wellington on my birthday. It was only a 40 minute flight and was over before it even began! That evening we went out on the town to celebrate me getting old. I was very pleased to be asked for ID in the first bar (the other girls didn't!) so that cheered me up! I got a free cocktail too so it was all good! We met up with Rachael who w ... 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