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Tales from Aotearoa

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July 16th 2009
Hi everyone, and welcome to the 5th instalment of our fantastic electronic diary. Its July already and its flying over, so heres what we have been up to over the past few weeks... At the end of the last blog entry Phil had found work but I was still looking. It was frustrating sitting about doing nothing all day and I was eager to get out and start work, so it was a relief when I got an int ... 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