Taupo-Rotorua

NZ - coming to an end

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April 16th 2006
Hi everyone, Hope your all well, still having a great time in New Zealand. Shame I only have one more day after today. So where was I? Kaikoura? Yep! Left Kaikoura early in the morning and got Inter Islander ferry from the South Island to the North Island - took about 3 hours. Had walking races around the main part of the ferry much to the amusement of the public! Arrived in Wellington in ... 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