Lie Wei goofing around on Ponsonby

Sights and Sounds of Auckland

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August 29th 2011
Auckland is New Zealand's largest and most populated city but then even when I toured it's streets, it doesn't seem to be very much of a city like New York or Hong Kong. There is not very many people. Even when Lie Wei, Lie Yee and a bunch of my travel mates decided to go walk down one of Auckland's most happening streets, Ponsonby Road, you don't get to see throngs of people p ... 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