Karen and Matt at the top of the hill having a well earned rest

New Zealand

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November 1st 2008
I can’t believe it is November already. We feel like we’re in a little bubble where time runs at a different speed to back home. Surprisingly it feels much slower here so I’m not complaining. Arriving in NZ feels feels so long ago now, yet I can’t believe in just a few days we’ll be in Australia in a completely different climate. I can finally pack away my woolly hat and gloves that Iâ ... 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