Maori carving

A short little blog about nothing

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December 19th 2006
Just a quick pre-Christmas blog, we won't keep you a moment. Flew into Auckland the "wannabee" capital of New Zealand and largest city on the North Island just 6 days ago. After spending just one night in Auckland and staying in the aptly named trendy Ponsonby area of town, we rented a car and dashed up the coast to the Bay of Islands. On the way we stopped off at the obscure town of Kawakawa whic ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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