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July 30th 2008
*Quick note: No one was responding to my blog entries, so Jack bet me that he could write absolutely anything and get more comments on it than mine. It worked. Garth Brooks lyrics was all it took. Good job, Jack. We traveled down from Taupo, spent the night in our van in Turangi, then at precisely 7:08am Jack came running back to the van shouting "Lindsay! GET UP. We have to go NOW." He found out ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whakapapa

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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