...wonder if I can reach the ocean with this one...

October 19th 2007
It's been too long since my last entry and lots has happened since, not least in the world of international rugby where the atmosphere here in New Zealand is one of sombre reflection (and some irritation, when English visitors and settlers start to remind the Kiwis here about their own unexpected successes! I am one of these guilty parties...). Anyway, back to the story... Auckland is well-o ... 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

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Michael Griggs

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Coaching cricket has drawn me to the other side of the world from the UK....New Zealand awaits, and the highs and lows of the challenges ahead will be documented here on this blog, in all their glory! Unless I am deported in the meantime, the next seven months will be spent in the land of the long white cloud, where you can witness AT LEAST four seasons in one day if my first week is anything to go by, and where among the work-related obligations I have lined up I also aim to experience some adventure along the way... MG September 2007... full info

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