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Finally at New Zealand

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October 20th 2010
We finally made it (sort of). We landed Wednesday Morning at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Tuesday for you Americans, as we are a day ahead). Hard to believe that 28 days have gone by since we got on the ship. But I look out and there it - the “Land of the Long White Cloud” as the native Maori’s named it. 8 am and 59 degrees out. We are not used to this. Two days ago it was 85 and w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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