The trains been saved, the trains been saved. Today is not the last day.

I was supposed to be one of the last passengers to ride the rail, but because of the Government saved the day I was not making history. I now have a good reason for being upset with the Labour Party and NZ PM Helen Clark. Anyone see Helen on David Letterman a few weeks back?

Warning: The following photos may distract you from work and leave you wishing that you were in NZ. View at your own risk!

September 30th 2006
9/28/06 - 9/30/06 (Thursday thru Friday) The end of an era: The last train journey that wasn’t. Warning: The following photos may distract you from work and leave you wishing that you were in NZ. View at your own risk! In New Zealand you travel by train for the journey, not in order to get anywhere. There is very little left of New Zealand’s passenger train service. On Saturday the country ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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

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