Glass floor of the Auckland Skytower

Wet Wet Wet Wet

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June 22nd 2006
Our whirlwind tour of New Zealand has come to an end and it has, overall, been an awesome couple of weeks. It has definitely given me a taste of what New Zealand is about, and I definitely want to come back for longer, but never, ever again in June. The weather was a real problem on a couple of days... our time in Taupo was spoilt by torrential rain and awful visibility, and Rotorua was terrible ... 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