Kaikoura

Groovy glaciers and boinging bungees

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May 19th 2006
Hello readers! Sorry for the lack of updates recently. We've been whizzing around like crazy and haven't made it to an internet cafe. So, I hear you cry, how can we possibly be busy when we've been on holiday for the last 4 months? Well... here's what we've been up to... We flew down to Sydney from Brisbane and spent about a week there, staying with my cousin Helen and Kelly, a friend of Sara ... 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