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So different from Australia

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March 11th 2015
We have been in New Zealand now for six days and the contrast between here and Australia is so vast. The scenery is very much like England but prettier and more spacious. the distance between each place we are staying is such a long way so far - to get to a couple of our destinations it has taken over 7 hours in the car on really bendy roads which seem to go on forever. Hopefully the next destinat ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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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