Driving

Aquarium & the place with the longest name

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November 19th 2009
This morning we awoke to SUN! It's beautiful out. Sunny, but a bit windy/cool by the coast. We went to the Aquarium in Napier. There was a conveyor belt that took us through some tanks that had giant rays and some sharks. It was an interesting way to go through some different tanks at an aquarium. There was also a giant squid preserved there. We saw some other creatures - lots of fish, a c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Napier

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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