A babbling brooke in a shaded glade

What IS happening in Wanaka?

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June 22nd 2007
When i cycled from Lands End to John'O'Groats in 2002 (is it really five years ago?) my two companions and i would routinely pass our non-cycling time by playing copious amounts of pool. And i would be roundly defeated, decidedly more times than i would emerge triumphant. Then, in 2005, when i travelled to NZ with one of those same companions (the inestimable Ed Hastings) i would, as a rule, issu ... 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