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Cheers to Auckland!

Touring Auckland

September 21st 2014
September 21 – It was a rather soggy start to the day, so we had a quieter morning and a longer coffee. As it started to clear, Pat loaded us in her car once again and took us on a tour of Auckland even stopping to let me take a photo of a Pukeko bird – an odd looking blue and black fowl with a red beak. At Achilles Point we looked out over the Hauraki Gulf and Brown’s Island. It was a c ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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