Farm Hostel

KeriKeri

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March 22nd 2009
eyup! Well yesterday we headed up to Kerikeri on the bus, to try our luck with some fruitpicking work. Turns out there isnt any. Not until the middle of april anyway. We weren't too bothered as there are plenty other places that do it, and Kerikeri is a lovely little place. Its filled with orchards and quaint little shops and is scorchio. We stayed at the nicest place called Farm Hostel, it was o ... 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