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New Zealand - North Island

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March 22nd 2015
Hi everyone, back on the road again after a rather rowdy night. Our room in Wellington was above a pub, remember I said about the warning signs at reception ? Well they weren't wrong ! They had a live band in the pub, well I thought they were playing in our room !!! Right next to our bed !! Stu said he didn't get a wink of sleep, I must admit I was woken to the drums being bashed, but had ear plug ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Napier

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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