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The end of New Zealand & Home for Christmas!

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December 19th 2006
Ooops... we didn't get round to finishing this at Christmas, so here's the last instalment from New Zealand... West Auckland From Raglan we drove north, skirting Auckland and stopping at a few wineries for tasting en route to Helensville, a convenient place to stop for the night with nearby mountain biking for Rod. Helensville was a bland little town with no campsites, so we stopp ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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