Mt Taranaki

Goodbye Aotearoa!

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November 14th 2006
Well, after ten months this is my final blog from New Zealand! It does feel quite sad to be leaving, but at least i'm not coming straight home, i'm off to Brisbane in the morning. It has to be said that New Zealand has been a great place to spend the last year, to see its wonderfully contrasting countrysides and experience life as a semi-kiwi for a while. Most of all Wwoofing as been an excellent ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Ponsonby

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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