Mirror Lake

New Zealand

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November 15th 2008
Yes I know... its been a very long time since I have updated you all, but I do have a good excuse- whilst in China all the computers had a really brilliant feature- if you typed any more that a few sentences at a time they would translate everything that you typed into chinese for you!!! But anyway I'm in Singapore now so here goes with the last couple of months for you.... It was very strange wh ... 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