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A Kiwi Christmas and New Year

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January 21st 2009
Auckland On 23rd December 2008 I flew into my new home - Auckland - to be greeted with no less than a torrential downpour! I wouldn't have minded but this was the second time this has happened to me and I am trying not to take it personally........ Nathalie picked me up from the airport and greetings etc out the way she promptly told me how annoyed she was that I had brought the rain wi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Parnell

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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