View from the Kitchen window...

"wwoofing" in Onuku, Banks Peninsula

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May 7th 2007
Thursday 5th April to Monday 7th May 2007 Where the bloody hell is she now?! I hear you ask! Well, the Banks Peninsula is the sticky out bit to the right of Christchurch. Kinda like a New Zealand version of East Anglia! (Except not flat!) The main town in the Banks Peninsula is Akaroa. Now there are two stories here (bear with me as I know I'm not good at telling short stories!)... The firs ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Onuku

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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