Meeks and Brooks

The Last Full Day in New Zealand

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March 11th 2009
After enjoying a lie in we got up to get ready to meet one of our kiwi friends who we met in England a couple of years ago- Moniquea. She actually lives in the Bay of Islands in KeriKeri, but is at uni in Aukland. We met about lunch time and had a nice lunch catching up, she had classes at 2:00 but we arranged to meet her after uni at 5 and then go back to her house in Kingsland a bit further out ... 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