Last days in NZ :( November 22nd 2012 Auckland was the last stop on our travels around the North Island. We drove there on Thanksgiving and then said bye to our talkative driver, Don…one thing I was extremely thankful for. Our professors gave us pumpkin and apple pie to celebrate the holiday but it wasn’t the same as the Mangine Thanksgiving that I missed out on!! I hope you guys ate lots of GBC for me!!!
We walked to the grocery ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland 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