Group photo!

Hanei!

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January 11th 2009
Hey everyone!! Left on the Stray bus on Tuesday 30th and although I was really looking forward to finally leaving Auckland and seeing New Zealand, I was a bit reluctant to have to start all over again on my own, making friends and was a bit worried I wouldn’t have a good group but it couldn’t have worked out any more perfect…the first guy I met on the bus (I was only the 3rd person on) was ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hahei

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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