Abel Tasman National Park

New Zealand

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March 7th 2011
Auckland & Omamari Beach, New Zealand (8th January 2011 - 13th January 2011) We flew into Auckland from Sydney and picked up a hire car at the airport. After a couple of hours drive North we got to Dargaville and met Dawn and Ian, very good family friends who own a beach place, or bach as it’s known locally, up there. We stayed with them, along with their daughter Paulette, her husba ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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