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Christchurch - Introduction to an amazing country

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June 6th 2009
So, New Zealand's pretty cold at the moment..... and it's prob gonna get to -5 with a -10 windchill!! I think i was the only person in Christchurch wearing shorts the other day!! The first night we stayed in Jail. Well, it was a jail till 1999, it's now a hostel, and a swish hostel. We were in cell 16, real authentic, but made a lot nicer. Proper cast iron cell door, and the beds were really co ... 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