Albert Park

Finally our first entry of the North Island!

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January 26th 2007
We have finally got round to writing our first blog of New Zealand. Sorry that it has taken so long - we’ve just been having such a good time as you can see!! Auckland We were pretty sleepy when we arrived in Auckland late on the second day of the new year. Not only were we feeling the effects of our recent eating and drinking to excess, but our flight from Melbourne had been delayed by a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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