Beautiful sight from the Taieri Gorge train

My first week at the university

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January 20th 2008
As you may have noticed, the frequency of my blog-writing has decreased… which is a good sign I guess, because I have been very busy over the past week. Let’s start with last Sunday, when I went on the Taieri Gorge train ride. It was really beautiful, starting at the train station already. Dunedin has a historic train station, which you can see on the pictures (I have no clue which time period ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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