Look at Maria!

How to make a Kiwi?

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May 30th 2009
Hi everyone, Been a bit of a while since the last blog, apologies,,, expensive, slow internet in some places. To catch up from last time we'd just arrived in New Zealand to a slightly colder place than the rest of the trip. After picking up a car from the airport (christened J-Lo, because it had a massive boot) we spent the night nearby at a little place called Sumner on the Banks Pennisular. ... 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