Auckland to Paihia 04.03.10-09.04.10 357

Auckland to Paihia

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April 8th 2010
Today we wake up at 6.30am ready to check out and get the 7.15am bus to Paihia. We meet our 10th bus driver, who has a wicked sense of humour and has Kerry asking for someone on the bus called Ivar Itchyanus! We stop off at Warkworth for breakfast which is in a working honey farm. Back on the bus for two hours before having a toilet stop at Whangarei. Into Paihia (Bay of Islands) by 11 ... 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