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Day 80

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January 19th 2011
Said goodbye to Helen’s Parents as they head up to Auckland. Moved to camp site, was very windy and, in the process of trying to put the tent up, the wind caught the tent and one of the sections of the tent pole which, in our defence, had already been taped up before we borrowed the tent, gave up under the pressure and snapped completely in half. So, there we were, broken tent pole, having had ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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