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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]
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] Blog: The kiwi search continues...
Date: November 15th 2005
Okay okay okay, here it is. I´ll always eventually catch up to the present! (it´ll be at the end of the trip of course!) The start of each new week here makes it very difficult to think of living anywhere else. This may be partly because I'm aiming to move back home to Vancouver, and everything I see here has such similarities to life on the West Coast of Canada. Everything. Glaciers, s ... read more
Date: November 15th 2005
Okay okay okay, here it is. I´ll always eventually catch up to the present! (it´ll be at the end of the trip of course!) The start of each new week here makes it very difficult to think of living anywhere else. This may be partly because I'm aiming to move back home to Vancouver, and everything I see here has such similarities to life on the West Coast of Canada. Everything. Glaciers, s ... read more
