A view from the road to Lyttleton

Family in Christchurch

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April 18th 2007
Well i finally left Asutralia and set off for the cold of new zealand. I arrived in Christchurch after setting out from Melbourne and was collected by my uncle Barry. Thankfully we both recognised each other i looked enough like a combination of my mum and dad and he looked enough like my dad. I would be staying in a very lush house in the hills of christchurch and it was really really nice ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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