Trung and Krista in Dunedin

Driving Hard From Dunedin to Auckland

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September 10th 2007
I received an email in Queenstown from Trung: "I'm meeting Krista from The Cook Islands in Dunedin tonight - are you up for it?" I looked at my watch: 17:00. How long a drive to Dunedin? Who knows..? I know its on the opposite coast to Queenstown... Sod it, i'm in! I got to my car to find an ominous, scrunched up piece of paper stuffed under the vans front wiper - a $30 NZD parking ticke ... 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