Meeting the Australian team outside their hotel

A couple of days in Wellington and the Australia vs USA match

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September 29th 2011
I was told that Wellington was a notoriously windy city, and it was...because I had had a curry...and it was a bad one! But anyway enough about my out of control colon. It was blue skies galore as we drove into the centre of town alongside the sea and past the Westpac Stadium, where I would be heading for the game the following day. I met up with Daryl whom I had met at Heathrow all those weeks ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings

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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