Mr Wellington

Bye bye New Zealand, Bye Bye Australasia.....Hello US of A!

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July 15th 2006
Hi everybody. Sorry has been a while since my last blog but have been on the move alot! Since I last wrote from the glacier we travelled through Narnia ( aka Arthurs Pass ). We had to wait 4 days for them to open the road due to a snow storm ( The town we were waiting in for this to happen was on flood alert and we were nearly evacuated!). So more freak weather for us. So far we have slept thr ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Newmarket

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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