Akaroa

Auckland

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June 9th 2006
After alas saying goodbye to all of our friends at the kiwi packing shed, we went to hobbition ( matamata) and to hot water beach. At hot water beach if you dig a hole in the sand, a little hot geothermal pool will spring up. Very cool. also popular local surf and fishing spot. We are now staying with friends called Isha and Paul in Auckland, who are being very kind and putting shelter over our h ... 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