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View from Mt Victoria #1

Looking over towards Rangitoto
Home. Again.

March 12th 2009
Yes, that's right! Auckland. It's not a surprise to most, but it would be to my parents. I decided to make a detour back to NZ (which had been the plan all along) for my Dad's 60th birthday. And despite the years I took off my families' lives from the shock, I would say it was a very successful trip. So I flew back into bright blue skies in Auckland and met Cam who had come to pick me up (thank ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » North Shore

New Zealand Flag 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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