Owhanake Bay

Saturday 12th March - Auckland (Whaiheke Island)

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March 11th 2011
Up early at 07:00am. We need to leave the house at 08:45 We are catching the bus into Auckland, to get a ferry across to Waiheke Island, where we have a day's tour booked. We get some breakfast and head out to the Park & Ride. We are lucky and get a bus straight away. We arrived at the Ferry Terminal in good time for the ferry, and have time to get a coffee on the seafront. We boarded the ferry, ... 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