Hoisting sail

Auckland - City of Sails

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February 13th 2009
OOPS _ seem to have lost the cable i was using to upload photos - maybe I can buy another in a few days. Tired when we arrived after flights from Bangkok-Sydney (9hrs) and Sydney-Auckland. No upgrades on these flights - though I tried to get my IFE system to misbehave! Two nights at the Rendezvous Hotel which turned out to be in a good location just uphill from the city centre and an eas ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Central

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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