The Yellow Peril

New Zealand - South Island

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July 2nd 2009
Apparently June and July in NZ are not summer months, its bloody freezing. On the airport bus into Christchurch we were asked by a local "so why exactly have you come to NZ in the winter?" The tans we picked up in SE Asia are fading fast and pretty soon there would be nothing left to show that we have even been away. To combat this I decided to grow a beard, so I could look like one of those hippi ... 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