SDC10837

Last stop before home - New Zealand!

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February 18th 2011
Well looks like our trip is coming to an end as we are now on our very last week :-( . However we are very excited about coming home to see everyone and I have already looked at the price of the South America lonley planet! Our time in NZ has been incredibly busy but we have really enjoyed it. We started off spending a few days in Christchurch getting our bearings. We went to see the buskers ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Central

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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