Cable car ride

Paihia

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September 30th 2005
O.k. I've made it up to Paihia eventually ... there was an incredible hitch in the plan when I went to catch the coach at the bottom of the Sky Tower in Auckland and discovered that my ticket was booked for Friday 14th October and not Wednesday 28th September as I had intended!!! What the incredibly useless guy who booked my ticket at the YHA travel office! I've learnt lots of lessons there, bu ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands

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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