View from the Sky Tower down to downtown Auckland

A new continent and a hitch hiker....

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August 12th 2009
42 hours of traveling later and I was at my hostel in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand. I arrived at the hostel just after 4am on Wednesday and having been previously given the door code to enter to the hostel as directed I made myself comfortable in the lounge before the reception opened at 8am and a bed was found for me. I was soon found a bed and a shower and a change of clothes later I wa ... 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