Electric-lights christmas tree in Ponsonby

Christmas in the Sun

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December 25th 2009
Exactly what it sounds like 😊 It's nearly the middle of summer, and it is completely boiling. Everyone is melting, it's too hot to do anything, but in a good way as we're all hearing about the tons of snow back home so we all have suntans with a hint a smug. Spent christmas morning on the beach, then the rest of the day eating a BBQ and drinking (and, but not deliberately, getting oh-so-b ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Mount Eden

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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