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Day tripping – Snow Sliding! (End of May / Beg of June 2012)

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June 9th 2012
Feeling right at home in Christchurch and we got the opportunity to explore the surrounding region to experience a proper NZ Autumn / Winter....... Unbelievably, we were still getting gorgeous sunshine and temperatures up towards 20 degrees and so it was time to let Scrappy Doo loose on the open road again and feel like we were in the middle of nowhere again! First off we headed just 13km north ... 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