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Our Travels

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August 29th 2016
After leaving Australia for our 13 day driving holiday in March for New Zealand's North Island we arrived after our flight . We picked up our hire car to drive to our accommodation in Auckland for 1 night . Once we had settled into our room we went to explore what was around our hotel . Then went back to our room to have dinner at the Hotel before retiring to our room for the night . After a restf ... 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