windy road

Blog #16 - the hub cap saga insert

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December 30th 2010
Blog # 16 - The saga of the hub caps – insert Dec. 31, 2010 Ah, the New Zealand roads…… our rental car started, we assume, with 4 hubcaps. Back in the Coramandel around Nov. 18th, we drove along a very twisty and bumpy road indeed – and lost a hubcap. So, the next week we went to a couple of wreckers to locate a replacement, but alas, it seemed that the hubcaps ON the vehicle were after ma ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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