View of Auckland

Auckland and Christchurch

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February 27th 2010
Our flight from Fiji was good. Once again we were impressed with Air New Zealand. The highlight of our flight was the food. We had fish cakes! Why fish cakes I hear you ask. Easy, they run out of pie before they got to us. We managed to eat it but Sandra was utterly devastated when pudding turned out to be a little, dry chocolate brownie instead of the gloriously sumptuous ice-cream cone she had b ... 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