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Auckland, New Zealand

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May 5th 2009
Today was our last full day in New Zealand. But you won’t get any tears from us! We’ve had a wonderful time but we are READY to come home. Today we went to Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World. It was a combination of a museum, discovery center, zoo, and Sea World. There was a moving walkway passing through a huge transparent tunnel (like in the Detroit zoo) which went t ... 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