Rangitoto Island

Week 4: Getting acquainted with Auckland area

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October 27th 2009
This week found me getting quite involved with the New Zealand lifestyle... It started with a visit to the Auckland Museum, where I learned about the people of the South Pacific as well as the natural sciences familiar to the area (I even got to experience a volcano from the inside of a house!). I spent a very nice afternoon there learning about the various things and was sad to have to head ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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