The Mann Chinese Theatre

Moving On

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May 21st 2006
After arriving in aukland yesterday, I realised that this is the third country I have been in since I last updated my blog, so I settled down with a packet of onion rings and got cracking. Leaving Banff was bittersweet. I was really excited about all the places that I would be going onto, but Banff is such a beautiful place and I had met a tonne of great people so I was sad to be leaving that a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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