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Let the travelling begin...

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December 27th 2008
Finally, after forever and a day, the day had arrived when we would hand over the keys to the flat, pick up the rental car and leave Auckland to start our travels. However, all had not been rosy in the preceeding weeks... Ever since the second week of December, both Corina and I had suffered illnesses that had kept us off work, off alcohol and off pretty much everything apart from the toilet an ... read more

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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