Me on Oneroa beach, Waiheke island

Auckland

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November 15th 2010
Hello Homies and Homers! Hope you are all doing a-ok! For those of you that don’t know already, I’m alive and got here ok! After an 11 hour flight, 4 hour wait and another 10 hour flight I finally arrived in Auckland. It was mid-afternoon when I got here it was sunny and warm. The drive from the airport to where I was staying in the city was about 30mintues. I got to my hostel and they didn†... read more

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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