Kate and Anton at the top of Rangitoto

New Zealand!!!! First Stop...Auckland

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February 12th 2012
Kia Ora (hello in Maori), Hope you are all well! So sorry for delay in getting the New Zealand blogs to you! We arrived in Auckland on Sunday and spent a week with Liz (Anton's mum's friend from Fiji) and her two standard poodles, Richie McPaw (6 months) and Lima (2 years). Liz's husband, Hugh, was there on Sunday but left to work away in Nelson on Monday morning. On Sunday night ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » North Shore

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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