Gardens in Russel

Bay of Islands

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November 21st 2012
We travelled from Auckland up to the bay of islands, Pahia to be exact. The journey was easy, stopping at a place that produces honey and learned that mobile phones can affect the bees ability to find their way back to the nest because it affects the magnetic field and confuses them. Stopped at the oldest town in NZ, where Scottish migrants settled, their journey was horrendous taking them through ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands

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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