Cheese!

Auckland

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February 12th 2014
Kia Ora from my first stop in New Zealand - Auckland! New Zealand is a place I never hear bad reviews about so I am so excited to travel here. I stayed in Auckland for a couple of days before my South Island trip. Coming from Melbourne, where it was 40 degrees, I was prepared wearing my jeans and coat for the big drop in temperature- the mid twenties! I don't know what I was thinking becau ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Rangitoto

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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