The Rock boat tour of the Bay

New Zealand - the story so far

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January 27th 2010
We left Melbourne on the 11th of January; it was expected to reach 43 degrees C so we were quite happy to be on the way out of the country. We spent the whole day at the airport after a lift from our kind housemate who was off to pick up a friend at 9am. We weren’t to fly until much later (after 4pm) but didn’t much fancy dragging our luggage across town and spending what little time we had ... 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