looking back at Mount Eden

And so ends Chapter 1

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November 16th 2009
So today I ship out of Auckland. Good thing too, I'm not really feeling it here. I think it's too much like Portsmouth - the tower, the water, etc for me to really feel like I'm away from home. It does, however, have an IMAX cinema so I got to see A Christmas Carol in 3D on the biggest cinema screen I've ever sat in front of so that was cool. So what have we done? Well, essentially I've been dr ... read more

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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