Auckland skyline

Greetings from New Zealand

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December 13th 2006
We have been in NZ for 3 days now, and have already packed in a great deal of sight-seeing and activity, a welcome and much needed tonic after the last stressful few months back home. It's hard to know what to describe and what to leave out, but to start at the beginning with... The flight. We were booked with Air New Zealand, flying from Heathrow to Auckland via Hong Kong - 2 x 11 hour flight ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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