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New Zealand--Active Living

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April 16th 2006
Part 20 April 10 Queenstown, New Zealand Well, we have been in New Zealand for a week and just now I have a chance to write for the first time. So, apparently, we have been busy since we got here. (In fact, I think we have confirmed throughout this trip that our personalities don't exactly lend themselves to loads of down time or just lazing around relaxing.) New Zealand is a prett ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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