'Mordor'

'Jumping' in the Magnificent North Island!

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November 7th 2006
After quite a rocky boat journey, we arrived in Wellington on the North Island. First impressions were that we liked Wellington a lot but the weather was awful - rain constantly! Unfortunately, it remained like this for the next couple of days whilst we were there so we didn't get to do a great deal. Our first evening there we spent driving around the city in the campervan (so we could at lea ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Waitakere Ranges

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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