Te Anau

Headless chicken syndrome

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October 10th 2011
Where was I? oh yes, waiting for the bus... We'd checked earlier with the information desk that our bus left from out the railway station with a somewhat distracted young lady. The coach was due to leave at @13:55 so when, at 13:50, there was still no sign we went back inside to double check. "oh" said the lady, "that coach doesn't leave from here, it goes from the depot 10 minutes from h ... read more

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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