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week 3

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October 18th 2008
this week we were up in Northland in the Millenium Kauri Forest, Waipoua, the Kauri trees were amazing!!!!!!!! Weather was very changeable this week as we were high up in the mountains, it rained pretty much everyday but they were short heavy showers then sun and wind to dry us out again so all was good 😊 MON - a very interesting day today, first we were waiting in the morning for about 1. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland

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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