Abi & Carter

Back in Auckland

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October 26th 2008
We travelled back to Howick from Paeroa with a couple of rose bushes for Pam, getting back on the Saturday. It was a good trip although the weather was mixed. The road trip totalled around 1600km (1000 miles), the amazing thing being that we hadn't got hopelessly lost once and despite being on unfamiliar roads, we'd only used the road map half a dozen times. On Sunday I visited the spot where ... 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