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New Zealand here we come!

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January 25th 2015
Finished up the Oz leg of the trip back in Perth. Took a boat trip to Fremantle. Met Maggie at Melbourne airport. Auckland airport very hot on bio security-long queues to check I had no plant products or soil and insects on my walking boots!! I didn't! But I still got stopped because I had a mysterious shape in my bag.Turned out to be a jar of tiger balm!! To Auckland. Lots of tourists. It was ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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