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Day 78

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January 17th 2011
Moved out of the bach today, said farewell to Heidi, Andy and Maria as they headed off home. We were the last out of the bach. Headed into Wanaka and moved into the motel with Helen’s Parents. Went to puzzling world, I sat out the maze this time, we all did the illusions room Dinner was a hot chicken, and we then discovered we had made the local paper!!! There was a decent half page article des ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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