Playing with the baby calves

From the tip to the deep blue

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December 22nd 2006
Well, this is my last entry for 2006 and it seems amazing to think I am half way around the world in hot sunshine when it is meant to be Christmas. Fortunately, it doesn't really feel at all Christmassy, and I am hoping it stays that way so I don't get too homesick. I am currently back in Auckland (again!!!) as I have a flight on Christmas Day itself (cheapest I could find) from Auckland down ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Ponsonby

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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