Muriwai Beach

Passport dilemmas and Getting Impatient

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December 1st 2004
Well yes its the 1st of Dec today...which means I have 5 weeks and 5 days to go until I leave on the big old jet plane!! Woo Hoo!! YAY!!!!...yes as you can seee I'm a little excited!!! But yes passport dilemmas this week...I applied for a Brit Passport which was all sweet as...approved and everything, all they had to do was send it out(which they did).. But the dam courier company went and lost i ... 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