Our Swarve hotel room for the big day out!

The Big Day Out Music Event

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January 18th 2007
Half way through my volunteer job I went to 'The Big Day Out Music event' in Auckland. I took two days off my volunteer programme on Thursday the 18th where I travelled on the bus upto Rotorua I set off at 10am and arrived there just after 6pm. There i got picked up by my friend Herbie a local Kiwi living in Rotorua where we drove up together to Auckland. We stayed over at this hotel thanks to Her ... 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