The North Island: Homeward Bound.

The North Island; Homeward Bound.

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January 24th 2007
Friday 19th January to Sunday 21st January, 2007. We´d picked our new ´old´ car up (a Toyota Corrolla 1.8 turbo) and were on the road northwards by 9am. The original plan, with us both having seperate accommodation booked in Auckland, Marg the luxurious Duxton Hotel, me ACB Backpackers was to make the journey in two long days of driving but somewhere along the line I had a brainwave. Cancel th ... read more

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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