City in the Distance!!

Exploring Auckland & Chinese Lantern Festival!!

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February 6th 2009
6th February 2009 - HOW OFTEN DO YOU MEET MR MIYAGI?!! Woke up at around 9am again.....so good to have a lie in!! We had things organised too apart from booking our tour so we could spend some time at leisure and explore the city!! First things first though....breakfast!! Some leopards don't change their spots...I'm one of them!!! We set off into town at around 10am & headed straight to the m ... 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