Sunrise over New Zealand

Farewell Phoenix, hello New Zealand and finally Melbourne and Flo.

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December 6th 2013
A sad farewell to Arizona, had such a fabulous time with everyone.... Thank you and thank you Clarice, Sandra and Sally for the lovely airport send off :-) Survived the long long journey from Phoenix via LA to Auckland and hit the floor running at 6.30am Sunday morning. Did Auckland in a day, thanks to the hop on hop off (costa fortune) bus! Yep, it's very expensive down under. Lovely we ... 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