this explains the sculpture

Back in Auckland

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May 14th 2010
Geo: -36.8474, 174.76614th May.It's time to say good-bye to Wellington and head north again. We caught a bus from downtown to the airport which only took 30 minutes. Check in took exactly 5 minutes. We have been very impressed with the ease of checking in on Air New Zealand. You turn up at the airport, enter your details into a machine, out comes the luggage label and the boarding pass ... 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