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The Big Day

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July 3rd 2012
As the clock turns 12, I am faced with the sudden realization that today is the big day, the day that all my long hours at work and penny pinching will finally pay off, the first day of my big adventure. Yesterday was spent in a mad rush desperately trying to pack my bag and being torn between the fashionable and the practical. Any other 18 year old female would understand the pure horror of choos ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Canterbury

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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