our cheeky monkey

The beginning of the end

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March 26th 2011
March 19th - 26th 2011 We didn't get up to a lot of exciting things over the past few days so hopefully it wont take me too long to catch up with blogging. Also hopefully this wont turn into a “we went here then went there” kind of blog, but I have a feeling that it might, so I'll apologise in advance. Once again, its not like we didn't have fun but there was nothing spectacular or ama ... 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