Dawn service...

ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day, 25 April is celebrated (like our Memorial Day) as a remembrance of those that died and those that served their country. The date is that of the ANZAC invasion at Gallipoli in Turkey during WW I, when both countries lost thousands of their sons in a war a long way away. This is the War Memorial at dawn.

The Doldrums and beyond...

May 3rd 2009
Since the boys left about a month ago, we have been a bit sluggish...we miss them so much, and are working our way back home...less than two months. While our social calendar had been relatively sparse except for other locums personnel, in the last couple of weeks, we have become social butterflies...well maybe social penguins...we have been to the homes of a number of Kiwis, and hosted a num ... read more

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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

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