Maori meeting house, Waitangi

Last week in NZ

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February 11th 2007
As we haven't posted anything for ages, we thought we'd better do a few quick notes and we'll update it in the weeks to come! Our last few days in New Zealand were spent travelling around the Northern tip of the North Island. We travelled through Auckland up to the Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Waitangi and the Goat Island National Park. Sadly the weather wasn't too kind to us - the area had a ... 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