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The South Island - On the Road Again

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March 5th 2009
Christchurch - the Garden City Like Goldilocks, we are never happy, or just right. The weather in Melbourne and Port Douglas was too hot, and in Tasmania too cold. In Brisbane, the one night we were there, it was just right. Warm, with a cool breeze. Not too hot, not too cold, but just right. When we landed at the Christchurch airport we thought, oh Lordy this is cold. We had f ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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