Fern forest

Visiting New Zealand

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September 18th 2009
My visit to New Zealand was only for a week to the North Island. Sara and I had only fitted in Kiwi land in our travels since our flight from Sydney to Latin America (Santiago) was via Auckland and we said why not. And I am so glad we decided to go...the country is just amazing and unbelievably beautiful and green. Every turn of the road is a landscape photo, what can I say? We landed in Auckland ... 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