Today is WAITANGI DAY across the Tasman Sea - commemorating the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi - New Zealand's Founding Document. This treaty was signed by Representatives of the British Crown and various Maori Chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand 171 years ago. The map below shows where this document was signed - yes, in the beautiful Bay of Islands near Paihia.
Below - an artist's impression of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6th February, 1840. 
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Decided to include some photos of New Zealand (not taken by me) below. We have been fortunate enough to see all the places in these photos, however, there is still so much of the picturesque "Land of the Long White Cloud" we have yet to explore!.
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Cape Reinga - the northern most part of New Zealand
And again at night - Look at those stars!
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Now to the South Island
The incredible fiordland - Milford Sound
Mitre Peak
Picturesque grazing in the South Island
Lake Wanaka near Queenstown
The little Church at Lake Tekapo below
And the new Kiwi Wroes
at their holiday Bach at Ohawini Bay in the Bay of Islands this January.
Love this flag - back dropped with a silhouette of Auckland - the City of Sails.
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