It snows on Mt Doom

NZ North Island - Sweet As

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December 24th 2009
I wasn't sure about coming to the North Island after everyone saying that it is rubbish compared to the South. Even the woman who checked my passport at the airport told me to spend all my time in the south. After just over a month here I think that the north is given an unfair bad wrap. Sure there are less national parks, more people and a much more irritating vocabulary, but there are lots of ... 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