A spiny backed stick insect

So what have I been up to?

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October 15th 2006
Ok back again for a mammoth blog. It seems that so much goes on here and it is so hard to get near the computer that I rarely get chance to update this. Anyway here goes. I have the day off today as Pernille has kindly gifted me her cold and I feel like poo! Decided that a day sat in a bog digging was not really what the doctor would suggest so I am wrapped in a blanket at the computer downing lot ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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