Losing Scrabble

Last Night I Killed a Possum

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June 7th 2007
I left Queenstown in beautiful weather with the two kids from the hostel and drove to Wanaka on a tiny winding road that ridiculously claimed to be two ways. How people have enough courage (or perhaps false bravado) to attempt this in winter conditions is beyond me. Well actually, if the snow condions on the ski hill were good enough I could be convinced to try some incredibly silly things mysel ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier

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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