View from the first Flagpole in NZ

Dunflyin

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February 6th 2010
We're both airplaned out now. Thanks to bad weather in Europe (!), our flight from Singapore was delayed by 2 hours. Luckily the Qantas pilot stepped on the gas (we were doing 630 mph at one stage). So in Brisbane, all the weary passengers who were flying on to Auckland were herded together and got through all the formalities very quickly. Thus we got to Auckland only an hour late - only to enco ... read more

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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