bunny shearing

Campervan Travels Start

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June 30th 2006
North Island, NZ! Arrived in Auckland and stayed in the backpackers for 2 nights to explore the city before we picked up our new home for the next month. Auckland is the main centre of the North Island and from there you can be skiing within 2 hours or on a beach within 45 mins, pretty perfect for us really! We headed up the sky tower and saw some crazy people throwing themselves off of i ... 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