Matt with no chips left...

We're stuck...

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April 4th 2007
Update from last time... we were supposed to be collected from the hotel to go to the coach station but the transport never arrived so we're stuck in Paihia (Pie Here). Emma went into Mental Emma mode and managed to get the company to arrange for us to get the next bus, a taxi at the other end to collect our hire car and made them book us a hotel (at a discount). So we're stuck here for another 3 ... read more

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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... ... read more