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Lyttelton and Gondola

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January 14th 2010
Michelle and I get Wednesday's off together so we decided to catch a bus out to the small town of Lyttelton for the day. It's about a 20 minute bus ride out of the city and is on the other side of the "mountain" overlooking Christchurch. We did a walk around and went into some of the cool little shops and then stopped for a drink and a snack at a cool little coffee. It was getting hotter so after ... 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