Javelin Winner

The Commonwealth Games

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February 1st 1990
Part of the motorway (or whatever they call it there) had been closed down for the 100km cycle time trials. The alternative route was grid locked and since we were not in any particular hurry and fancied watching some cycling, we parked up and waited around to watch all the various teams go past. The games were entering their second week when we returned to Auckland to stay for the remainder of ... 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