Back to Hunua for Christmas 8

Back to Hunua for Christmas

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December 23rd 2011
We headed back home to Hunua for the next three days. We were horrified when a lunatic overtook us on the motorway and the next day a crack appeared in the windscreen of our borrowed car... Thanks for being so understanding, Andrew and Gina! We had a great time catching up with Zach, Rachel, Paul & Heather and Michael & Holly. And the three kittens that Rachel and Zach are fostering! On Chri ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Papakura

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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