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Happy New Year Wishes

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January 4th 2008
Hi Everybody A Happy New Year to you all, we have been a bit delayed in updating our blogs recently, this is due to us being on the road quite a lot trying to fit in as much as we can before we leave for Thailand next week. For Christmas we were in Queenstown - we stayed for 4 nights in a lovely hotel with a view from our room right across the lake and to the mountains beyond. On Christmas Eve we ... 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