New Years Eve

Hamilton and New Years

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December 31st 2008
After the attractions at Rotorua we drove to Hamilton, turned up at a YWCA...the lonely planet assured us it wasn't a convent but it was an odd hostel! Luckily they only had one single bed left and it was in the middle of nowhere too so good we moved on and found a place in the lonely planet that was actually on the main strip through town.....it was described as eyrie and it said the communal lo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hamilton

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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