Our garden

wwoof #1 complete

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November 2nd 2007
Well, our work has been completed for our first week of wwoofing, and overall it has been a good experience. On Wednesday afternoon (just after I wrote last) a couple of other wwoofers showed up who were from Pennsylvania. They were 27 and had gotten sick of their post-college jobs - he was a business major who reviewed patents and she was a high school US History teacher - so they have now ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » East Coast » Gisborne

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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