Up early, out late, too much to do, not enough to do! -- A week in Review
September 8th 2006 Prologue:
I’ve neglected my writing for the last week and hope that this catches me up. I have no good excuse other then the fact that I’ve spent the last week cooking and debating/discussing (with my flat mates): food/drink, sports, politics, relationships, music, countries, and all the other topics people from different cultures like to discuss. Tonight I had to sneak out to the internet caf
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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 
