Tea pot garden

Home sweet home

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November 24th 2006
Another week at work done and dusted, with explorations and adventures a plenty. I am also officially the most mobile person in the world, but lets start this tale at the very beginning... My 3 days off started with our 1st night on the town. Painful times. The 1st of my days off was wasted as all 6 of us hung off of various bits of granny furniture around the house brandishing looks of pain. W ... 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