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Rangitoto Island, Auckland

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March 10th 2015
This morning we met up with Susannah, who is the daughter of Lisa's friend Fiona (from Ealing) as Susannah and her boyfriend, Joe live and work in Auckland. Susannah suggested we went to Rangitoto on the ferry. It was a glorious day and the ferry took about 30 minutes. Rangitoto is a volcanic island which erupted from the sea 600 years ago. No one lives on the island but the landscape is very dram ... 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