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New Zealand - The North Island

February 9th 2011
We arrived in Auckland having caught back up again with the cyclone we though we'd left behind in Sydney. It was grey and really windy, just like home! Our first major task in New Zealand was to hire a camper van as the online rates had been extortionate when we'd looked before. After I'd spent a frustrating few hours calling around rival firms (including having a Frenchman lecture me on safe d ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

New Zealand Flag 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
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