White-faced heron

There and Back Again

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November 19th 2011
The last leg of our journey...we're really going to miss New Zealand (N-Zed), but we are looking forward to being home again. Yesterday morning, we wandered around town a bit more. It's quite sad, but Christchurch was pretty much gutted by the earthquakes. There are so many homes and businesses that still aren't safe to enter. We ate lunch at a Thai place that can only have cus ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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