Coming in to land

What falls from the sky screaming

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July 29th 2007
(Photos from previous blog should now be up, please check them out) Before I begin I think it's only fair to update you all on my experiments, after much deliberation I decided that I was due a shave and a wash of the hair. There were a number of reasons I reached this conclusion, firstly the women at customs had to look at me 3 or 4 times before she was convinced that I was the same person as ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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