Still waiting

Not so sunny Auckland

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September 9th 2012
Woke up early Sunday morning, very nervous, but equally excited. This would be the first time the four of us had flown anywhere together and with Mister 3 being unpredictable in his mood and behaviour at times (to put it mildly!), I was a tad concerned about how 3 hours on a plane would go. The car trip in to Sydney airport was uneventful, and being a Sunday morning, relatively quick, and we found ... 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