blog 159

Day 45

---

December 15th 2010
Up and out of bed early, someone decided it would be a really good idea to get up early, not sure who as it certainly wasn’t me. (All of the bedding had to be washed a dried before Warrick and Penelope could leave!) Still, as Warrick and Penelope were both leaving the Taupo house today, they were up early to tidy and clean so, reluctantly, I emerged from bed and did my best to help and not hinde ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

---

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