Orakei Korako

Its All So Very Nice

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April 8th 2006
After delaying and delaying I finally made it to NZ, only 13 hours from Santiago to Auckland but it felt like another world. The first thing I really noticed was just how nice NZ is, everyone is friendly, the air quality is good, the cities are clean, the loos are excellent, the buses are nice...you get the picture. It took a few days to get used to the idea of not being in South Am, found myself ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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