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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 Catman161
April 28th 2008

New Zealands Capital

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The Praying Mantis
The Random Praying Mantis I found at the bus station in Bulls!

Wellington Well we've made it to the bottom of the North island in relatively quick time I think! It's been about 4 weeks and we have crammed in allot. Currently we reside in Wellington, New Zealands capital city. But boy did it take some getting to! We got the intercity bus from Tongariro National Park Village and it took us, in total around 7 hours to get here! We stopped in a place called Bulls near Wanganui to get a connecting coach. Whilst we were waiting I was just looking around the bus station and on a window ledge was a [View Full Entry]

By b m wood
April 26th 2008

Wellington and Kapiti Island

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There's a Kaka on my head!
Karori Wildlife Park. They use the oil from our hair on their feathers, so I'm told.

I have been staying for a few days in Wellington with Tamzin, whom I met on the seal operation in February. She lives in a hilly suburb some distance from the town centre, so I got plenty of exercise walking about the place. I took the time to see the places I missed the first time - I walked Mt Victoria for a view of the harbour, visited the botanic gardens and spent a second day in Te Papa (still not seeing everything). I also spent a day in Karori Wildlife park, a reservoir which has been isolated from predators by [View Full Entry]

By Shayda
April 24th 2008

Sorry Sorry Sorry it's been so long

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

I’m so sorry that I haven’t written in two weeks, I just haven’t had the time. When I first got here I didn’t think that I’d be busy at all, now I have a full schedule. It’s great, I love the chaos...it gets me from one day to the next without thinking about home so much. So I’ll go back to last Saturday, the 12th and work my way up to the current date. Rachael and I had our first “girl's night out.” We got all dressed up and went into the Wellington night life. Oh man did I LOVE it!. [View Full Entry]

By Shayda
April 24th 2008

Pics from the Ends of the Earth

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Breath Taking

Sorry it's taken so long! Here are a few I've taken so far, I promise there will be more to come. Thanks for being so patient. Love and miss you all! [View Full Entry]

My favorite place to be, the ocean shore

By Shayda
April 24th 2008

PLEASE READ

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Hey everyone, I'm really sorry that the picture blog didn't turn out correctly. If you go directly to my page it should show you the corrected version. Like I said, I'm still trying to figure this thing out. Thanks a bunch! [View Full Entry]

By Les Tichats
April 21st 2008

La teuf a Wellington - Some tassel spinning in Wellington

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Funiculaire - Cable car

Et bien ca y est, l'ile nord, nous voila. On est arrives a Wellington, la capitale de la NZ. A part le fait que c'est la plus grande ville qu'on a visite depuis Sydney, c'est vraiment tres joli et bien plus agreable que Canberra en Australie. Ciontrairement a Canberra qui est une ville qui a ete specialement creee pour etre la capitale, Wellington existait deja en tant que ville et est bien plus interessante. Certes, ce n'est pas une ville charmante car le port est un port de commerce donc pas terrible pour le paysage mais le centre est sympa, vivant, [View Full Entry]

Horloge solaire humaine dans les jardins botanniques - Human solar clock in the botannical gardens

By H T
April 15th 2008

CIVILISED WELLINGTON

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Rainbow Warrier in the harbour

The drive into Wellington was really pretty, rolling hills, sunshine and plenty to look at along the way. We arrived in the city late afternoon and found a nice hostel that would let us park the van at the back. It meant we slept in the van but we had use of all the hostel facilities. This meant warm showers and a kitchen which was all round was great for us. We parked up took a shower and headed into the city. As we had arranged to meet up with Sharon and Rick the following day (the Canadians we met in [View Full Entry]

By Shayda
April 11th 2008

A Busy Week

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First off I want to thank everyone who’s left me messages and comments on my blogs. It’s great to hear from you and see all the support I have back home. I miss you all and hope you’re doing well. I know it’s been over a week since my last entry, but I’ve been rather busy (which is a good thing because time is going by faster and starting to feel normal again). I’m beginning to truly enjoy myself and everything I’m doing here. I know I said I wasn’t going to do it, but I caved.....I finally drove! It was [View Full Entry]

By sonjaundhelfi
April 10th 2008

Der Herbst, der Herbst, der Herbst ist da...

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raukawafalls
Die Raukawa Falls mit nur einem Drittel des Wassers was sonst dort runterrauscht

Heute wollen wir gemuetlich nach Wellington fahren, denn morgen frueh setzen wir mit der Faehre zur Suedinsel nach Picton ueber. Auf dem Weg dahin nehmen wir noch ein paar kleine Stationen mit: Raukawa Falls, Foxton Beach und Muendung des Manawatu Rivers, Ngu Manu Park in Waikanae mit Kiwis, Keas und anderem neuseelaendischen Getier und Picknick am Paraparaumu Beach. Mit dem Feierabendverkehr kommen wir in Wellington an und parken in der Oriental Bay. Seit 2 Tagen suchen wir nun schon nach einer kostenguenstigen und doch warmen Zweitdecke, denn die l [View Full Entry]

By Nuggetlog
April 9th 2008

To the capital

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Day 17 - Wellington Long day today on the coach through National Park and down to Wellington. The scenery was lovely though, really looking forward to getting further south. Once we arrived in Wellington there was just time for dinner before bed as early start tomorrow to get our flight to the South island. [View Full Entry]

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