Children's Xmas Dinner

Christmas Down Under

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December 26th 2008
We set off from sunny Auckland taking SH1 over the Harbour Bridge (fantastic views back to the Sky Tower) and our rendevouz with Jo, David, Harry, Josh and Taine at Sheepworld in Warkworth. Jo had warned that the roads north of Auckland deteriorated and she was right - but they still were better than Cumbria's! Fantastic to see everyone - but the weather was not tremendously kind! Jo and th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

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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