Just off the plane!

New Zealand - North Island Part 1

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October 30th 2006
Hi everyone! Bonjour tout le monde! Just arrived in Noumea in New Caledonia to visit my brother and I finally can use a decent computer to update this travel blog. So I'm backtracking to New Zealand/North Island and letting you have a glimpse of my wonderful trip there. I stayed in this wonderful house in Birkenhead, an area of Auckland with Christina and David and their cute little new dog c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Mount Eden

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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