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Spring Break! (in August?)

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September 5th 2012
Spring Break was amazing! Itinerary: Bus to Picton Ferry from Picton to Wellington Wellington for 4 days Flight to Auckland Bus to Rotorua (Day trip) Auckland for 5 days Flight to Christchurch Throughout the trip I visited a Maori Village (only Geothermal in the world), went to museums, LOTR's Weta Cave (where it all started), tramped on inactive volcanos (Mt. Hutt, Mt. Eden, Ra ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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