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Still in New Zealand

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December 18th 2005
We are now in Wellington. Here's what has happened since my last post. We left Taupo and went to Rotorua. Didn't really do much in Taupo because it rained all the time we were there. When we arrived in Rotorua we were driving past a golf course when something hit the front window of the car. We were shocked - and then realised it was a golf ball. It cracked a hole in the window. We had to wa ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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