Picture from the Plane

Auckland

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March 26th 2006
Auckland was both very different to Christchurch and Queenstown. It struck us almost instantly as a very metropolitan city, quite similar to London in many ways and unfortunately where we were staying was far from the nicest street in the city! I actually had 2 best friends form home in Auckland who had been or will have been working in the city for around 3 months, one at the Auckland Sky Jum ... 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