Auckland

City of Sails

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February 15th 2010
After a scare in Sydney where we didn't think we'd make our plane to NZ because they weren't about to let me fly without a return ticket from NZ (until they realized it was printed directly on my visa that I wasn't required to have one) we finally arrived in New Zealand! We got picked up at the airport by the friend of a friend and were taken to their home north of Auckland (the City of Sails) in ... 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