Champagne Time

Wedding in Waikato

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March 17th 2008
Wednesday 12th March, I got the train to Sydney airport early (Tom dropped me off at Richmond at around 8am - thanks again Tom)- ready for the 11.30am flight to Auckland. The Air New Zealand flight was half an hour delayed and they obviously had a big team on board, because I've never heard so much chit-chat to the passengers, on and off for a large part of the 3 hour flight. There was a not very ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hamilton

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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