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NZ adventure - Part II

June 22nd 2006
Hello from Welly, this is part two of our travel adventure driving down from Auckland to Wellington - sorry I’ve been a bit slow writing this one. Keeping up with World Cup news is more of a priority at the moment. Anyway I restart last month’s adventure from Lake Taupo, the largest freshwater lake in NZ and located bang smack in the middle of the North Island. As with much of the New Zealand ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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