On The Plateau

New Zealand

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December 22nd 2010
As you know I've been in Sydney Australia, well North Rocks, for nearly four weeks and I'm now getting ready to venture home to the snow. So I must finish this blog before I leave! Wednesday 23rd Nov: Heading to Christchurch along the narrow winding pass of Banks Peninsula which brought us high above Christchurch. We stopped when we reached the plateau and looked down to the city of Christchurch ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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