Red phone boxes

Christchurch - We are never coming home...

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July 1st 2008
Got into a chilly Christchurch, but face it, it is there winter so we expected nothing less ! Stayed in a youth hostel in a part of the city that looked like a cross between Oxford/Cambridge/Northern Exposure (The TV series). Very quite, very wet but very pretty. We just straight away felt at home here and the people are lovely. We had two days to just wander around the city acclimatising ourselve ... 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