thumbnail.large.6.1288612741.welllington-beach-glass

NEW ZEALAND-LAND OF EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES & KIWIS

---

June 21st 2017
September 8, 2010<br style="color:𛈇 font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="color:𛈇 font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />Our arrival at Auckland Airport was smooth; we had slept most of the flight and woke ready to tackle wild New Zealand! I was apprehensive as we approached the baggage scanners. No, I was not smuggling cont ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

---

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