snow caped mountains- journey to Hanmer

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June 12th 2007
hey ya, golly how plans change in just a few weeks. im now not going to figi, i have kinda decided against it. its not that i dont want to go anymore, i would absolutley love to, but i cnt aford to do both figi and newzealand (nz), and i would rather do newzealand (nz) properly and go to figi another time, although that does now mean i can no longer top up my once beautiful tan and will be coming ... 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