Waiheki Island near Auckland

Catch the view of the Coromandel Peninsula in the background. We were there a few days later

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It's a fruit; it's an animal; it's a person ---- it's a Kiwi

March 16th 2010
Our trip through the North Island of New Zealand Our meandering around the North Island (NI) after the Gisborne build was filled with vistas of rolling greenery, more sightings of cows than sheep (NZ is supposed to have 4 million people and 40 million sheep but the dairy prices are tempting the sheep farmers to convert to milking cows), visits to amazing bo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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

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