Inferno Crater

Auckland, Taupo and a very smelly Christmas

---

December 26th 2009
My first stop in New Zealand was the city of Auckland where I flew into from Australia. Several people had warned me over the previous few weeks that I shouldn't expect much from Auckland and that I should get out of there as soon as I can. Considering that a quarter of the population of New Zealand live there, it is a bit of a nothing city really, especially in comparison to some of the great cit ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

---

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