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Auckland to Astonishing

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June 27th 2009
Surely one of the strangest ways to welcome people into the country? After unloading from the 737 at Auckland Airport, the first sign is not for Arrivals or Bagge Reclaim. No, its is a large poster of Richard Hammond selling mobiles phones. This surely has to sum New Zealand up. With a population of only 4 million and a land mass roughly the size of Britain, celebrity takes on a jaunty coll ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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