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Welcome to New Zealand

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September 24th 2009
So, we left a very hot Australia behind and headed even further away from home towards Auckland. We had been wanting to do a flight over the great barrier reef but when we went out to the reef from Airlie the helicopter had crashed (joy!) so it was out of action, but as we took off from Cairns we had the most amazing view of the barrier reef and we flew over it for nearly an hour, so we managed to ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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