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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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Day 340-342: Karamea, New Zealand
January 3rd 2010  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
Happy New Year everyone! May God our Father bless you this year and may happiness and peace be with you all. As the New Year arrived we popped a bottle of bubbly and shared a kiss. 2009 had been a ... 9 photos [full story]

Day 337-339: Karamea, New Zealand
December 31st 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
At 2am Talita woke Ferdi. There was a familiar gnawing sound coming from behind the fridge. After more than two peaceful weeks Mr Bus Rat was at it again. The game was a-foot, but we were ill prepar ... 13 photos [full story]

Day 334-336: Karamea, New Zealand
December 28th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
We hadn’t had rain for a while and Ferdi had been watering the garden every morning. This morning, just after he’d watered the whole garden, it started to rain. It was the weekend, so it ... 16 photos [full story]

Day 331-333: Karamea, New Zealand
December 27th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
We continued working on phone booth, gluing the remaining battens in and pulling the back of the structure tight with the big clamps. Talita helped Margaret clean seven cabins while Ferdi helped Joh ... 14 photos [full story]

Day 331-333: Karamea, New Zealand
December 26th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
We continued working on phone booth, gluing the remaining battens in and pulling the back of the structure tight with the big clamps. Talita helped Margaret clean seven cabins while Ferdi helped Joh ... 15 photos [full story]

Day 328-330: Karamea, New Zealand
December 22nd 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
We woke to another wet morning. Like we’ve mentioned before, it seems to rain mostly on the weekends. On a doccie we saw they said that it’s because of the way we humans pollute the air ... 6 photos [full story]

Day 325-327: Karamea, New Zealand
December 19th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
We realized that we’ve not given much detail about John and Margaret from the Karamea Holiday Park. Well, John is about 64 years old and Margaret seems to be in her late 50’s. They&rsquo ... 10 photos [full story]

Day 322-324: Karamea, New Zealand
December 16th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
It seemed that in our absence the Bus Rat had invited some friends to come live in the bus as well. During the night there was a lot of squeaking and the pitter-patter of more than one set of little ... 7 photos [full story]

Day 319-321: Karamea, New Zealand
December 14th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
After performing our regular cleaning duties we decided to clean all the windows in the park. The West Coast of New Zealand has these spiders that just cover everything with their webs. If you park ... 18 photos [full story]

Day 316-318: Karamea, New Zealand
December 10th 2009  Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Karamea
After breakfast we found Margaret and Morris (a very nice older guy who also stays here at the camp and help where he can) cleaning up a fallen tree behind the house. We pitched in and helped remove ... 13 photos [full story]


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