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Auckland Birding Trip

September 12th 2012
It doesn’t look like I’ll be going anywhere overseas this year, so instead I took a trip up to Auckland, the big smoke, to find some birds. This year I’ve been trying to pick off some of those few New Zealand birds which I haven’t seen yet and to this end I have already managed to add to my total the king shag up by Picton in February, blue duck at Arthur’s Pass in May, and Australasian ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

New Zealand Flag 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
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