Edel holding up tower

18- New Zealand

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October 25th 2007
We decided to head to New Zealand on a little holiday for a few weeks to visit our mates Tony and Dan and also to be there for the craic for what was sure to be a classic Rugby World Cup Final between Ireland and New Zealand.... Oh hang on Ireland were shite, ah well least we'll still be celebrating in Christchurch as the All-blacks win their first RWC since.... Ah bollocks on the French ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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