NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand - Part I (Auckland to Nelson) (9 - 17 February 2009)

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February 21st 2009
New Zealand - Part I (Auckland to Nelson) (9 - 17 February 2009) Arriving in Auckland at 14h45 on Monday afternoon, it took me a while to get through immigration and then afterwards with the airport shuttle bus to the city. The YHA hostel I was staying at was very sterile and clean and didn't offer many interfaces for social networking, so since I was hungry anyway I decided to go to the harbo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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