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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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17 days ago: Laurene published a blog
Shoe shopping!
October 13th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
Today was shoe shopping day. I went into a store called Farmers which is basically just a department store like the Bay back home. I ended up finding a really good shirt for job interviews that wasn&r ... [full story]

Shopping is so hard to do
17 days ago: Laurene published a blog
Shopping is so hard to do
October 12th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
Ate some breakfast and then headed out to find some dress pants for job interviews. I went into about 6 different stores. Clothes here are expensive! I found one pair of pants I liked but they were $2 ... 5 photos [full story]

Goodbye to Meike :(
17 days ago: Laurene published a blog
Goodbye to Meike :(
October 11th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
We both packed up all of our stuff, had some breakfast and left the Base hostel. I hated the hostel so I decided to move to a different hostel. My new hostel was on the way to the ferry terminal where ... 4 photos [full story]

Cable cars and Irish pubs
17 days ago: Laurene published a blog
Cable cars and Irish pubs
October 10th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
Meike and I looked out the window in the morning and saw some blue sky so we quickly got ready and went to the cable car. We paid $3 NZD and got a ride to the top. Pretty view from up there. It was ki ... 24 photos [full story]

17 days ago: Laurene published a blog
Rainy rainy day
October 9th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
Today it was POURING rain out. We didn’t even want to go outside. Meike read while I job searched for most of the day. I emailed a hostel in Picton where you can work for your accommodations and ... [full story]

Te Papa
25 days ago: Laurene published a blog
Te Papa
October 8th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
Walked into town and looked around at a couple of shops before heading for some lunch. Mom, I had eggs benedict which was good but no where near as good as yours!!! We headed to Te Papa museum whi ... 12 photos [full story]

Windy Welly
25 days ago: Laurene published a blog
Windy Welly
October 7th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
If anyone has ever told you that Wellington is a also known as Windy Welly, they were right! It's SOOO windy here. All the time too, not just some days, everyday. It's ridiculous. Meike and I did ... 11 photos [full story]

Who owns those pants?
27 days ago: Leanne and Simon published a blog
Who owns those pants?
October 12th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
The 12-hour bus journey to Wellington was not the most comfortable experience so it would've been nice to check into a decent hostel and relax. Unfortunately we had booked Base hostel which is geared ... 3 photos [full story]

30 days ago: Sunriseoversea published a blog
Hitching my way to Wellington...
October 8th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
In the evening (5th October) Alex, Dan and Me just did the usual chill out and jam type session and had great fun. It was becoming very clear to me that I was going to miss these guys! Kindly Alex had ... [full story]

October 6th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
ein neues Land- eine neue Erkenntnis: wir sind keine Schafe, was traurig ist, die haben naemlich ein unglaublich wuscheliges und sicherlich sehr sehr warmes fell...wir leider nicht, deshalb muessen wi ... [full story]


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