Jeni Luging Rotorua

New Zealand

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September 24th 2010
Hi everyone! We hope you are all well? So our time in New Zealand didn't get off to the best start. We arrived at Melbourne Airport 20 hours prior to our flight in order to save a few dollars on accommodation. Spending a night in the airport wasn't a big deal as we'd done it before on various occasions on our travels, however finding out at 3am that STA Travel had booked our flight for the wron ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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