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Background: 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, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.

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By Jeneb19
September 24th 2008

Around the North Island

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Hole in the Rock

It has been a whirlwind trip around the North Island of New Zealand! Last week we started our trip off by heading North from Auckland to Paihia. We took a half day boat cruise around the Bay of Islands. The highlight for me was seeing a pod of dolphins. We watched them swim around the boat for about 15 minutes - very fun. Unfortunately, they were not very cooperative when it came to having their picture taken, so I have no photos to share. We also saw the "famous" (at least locally - I'd never heard of it before) Hole-in-the-Rock, which [View Full Entry]

By Olliep
September 14th 2008

North Island (Picton - Wellington)

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Bye bye south island

As we had to catch the ferry at 10am, we were all up relatively early. Feeling proud of our early morning organisation, we got to the ferry port 15 minutes early, only to be told that the ferry was running 40 minutes late. Not wanting to sit in a queue waiting for the ferry, we headed back into town to a bakery ("4th Best in New Zealand, 2006") for some cake and coffee. When we returned to the ferry port, we didn't have to wait too long until we boarded. Once on-board we found some good seats infront of the TV [View Full Entry]

By Barry OG
July 31st 2008

Moving to here in late Aug

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looking south east towards Turakirge Head

Here are some pictures that I took myself (on my phone so not great resolution), thought I'd post them as the Trademe entry will disappear. Will get some more soon. The sea is literally across the road. Barry [View Full Entry]

By Barry OG
July 21st 2008

From the hostel to Seatoun

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Rowena's, actually looks ok in the picture!

Moved from Rowena's City Lodge to a flat in Seatoun [View Full Entry]

By aliceandpaul
July 13th 2008

The open road in a campervan

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Cathedral Cove, Coromandel

Winter in Queensland in Australia is like a good summer in Ireland but arriving in Auckland felt exactly like being at home that is to say, cold, windy and wet. New Zealand was in the grip of an icy spell of weather and elsewhere in the country lots of snow was being dumped on the mountains. We went straight to the nearest outdoor clothing store and bought some very warm jackets. Next we picked up our campervan which turned out to be a lot larger than either or Alice or I had dreamed it would be and following a detailed briefing [View Full Entry]

By Carry
June 9th 2008

Pictures of Lola

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Our SPCA adopted doggie Lola is a real blessing. After only a week with her we have completely fallen head over heels in love. She is a beauty. Calm when you want her to be, excited when you want her to be. She is already walking next to me on the lead, and despite a few glitches here and there is overall a very easily trained dog. Some pics of our first 'child'. [View Full Entry]

By Linda binda
May 22nd 2008

New house

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Well have now moved up to an area called Northland which is about a 30 minute walk to work, or a 15-20 minute bus ride into town but am loving it. First night in a proper bed was so lovely!! Slept wonderfully! Currently still working at Clarkes cafe in the library. New flat is awesome, am living with 4 other girls but one s leaving by the 8th June-ish. But all good so far. moved in last sunday.Have so many bags of stuff and clothes, is quite ridiculous considering what i brought with me was bugger all!! Will have to try [View Full Entry]

By Carry
May 19th 2008

A weekend in the Tararuas

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A last minute decision to "go bush" this weekend turned out to be an excellent idea. The Levin side of the Tararuas weather forecast was for full sun both days, something that never occurs in the usually cloudy and overcast, rainy Tararua National Park. It must have been the first time I have ever seen the tops so calm and clear. The pictures say it all. We hiked for 5 hours up to Waiopehu hut, mostly uphill in typical backcountry terrain. It was tough, to say the least, as we were going up we wondered how we used to tramp for [View Full Entry]

By Les Tichats
April 22nd 2008

Le Seigneur des Anneaux - The Lord Of The Rings

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Donc voila, un autre truc tres touristique mais tellement sympa a faire! On a passe la journee a faire une excursion LSDA. On a vu les endroits ou ont ete filmees certaines scenes, revecues quelques unes d'entre elles, fait les stars hollywoodiennes pour une apres midi... Les photos sont celles que j'ai prises et celles tirees du film. Admirez les ressemblances! Les fans sauront de quoi ca parle. Here we are, going on a cheesy touristic tour. So much fun though! We spent the day visiting locations, re-enacting some of the scenes and felt like hobbits for the day. The photos [View Full Entry]

By Cielle
April 14th 2008

An itinerary of sorts

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Common gecko

Hello In case you were wondering what the next plan is and to give you all a vague idea of my location(s) for the next four to five months, I thought I'd post another blog. So on the 12th of May Sarah and I will fly to Shanghai, China. We will spend 3 nights in Shanghai before flying to Beijing where we will start an Intrepid journey of the Silk road (). The tour covers 4,000km across the breath of China, from Beijing, to the mountains of Tian Chi, camel riding in the Taklimakan desert and concluding in Kashgar, right on [View Full Entry]

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