Huw & Georgie by the "Christmas" tree

Pohutakawa trees that blossom in the festive season are known as NZ'z Christmas tree.

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January 31st 2009
(N) On the deck aboard a boat in Sydney Harbour, I wasn’t aware of the countdown to midnight but suddenly Paula saw the numbers being projected onto the stout bridge supports. Fireworks exploded all around the harbour and the opera house, and finally the bridge itself went up in a shower of golden lights, the result of a $5m (£2.5m) spend on more than 11,000 shells, witnessed by around 1.5m peo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Central

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

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