"Wild" boar

Day 82: Kiwi Encounter

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February 19th 2011
After a peaceful night's sleep, I mailed another package home (this one containing Coromandel in Colour and the other eyeglass lens) and then caught the bus to the Motat. The driver forgot I'd asked to be let off at the Motat, but I saw it go by so I only had to walk back a block. I'd just missed a tram, and my main purpose in going to the Motat this time, other than to get the most out ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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