Four Seasons in One Day/Auckland 20141113_180804

Four Seasons in One Day/Auckland

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November 14th 2014
I ended our blog about walks in the Waitekare Ranges by saying that we had been lucky to escape the rain....perhaps I spoke too soon! Weather here has been very changeable since then. One minute it is tipping down with rain and the next it is nice and sunny. We can see why Crowded House, a New Zealand band, wrote a song entitled '4 Seasons in One Day'! One reason we have been hiking a lot is ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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