Guy Fawkes

November 8th 2006
Remember, remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot, I see no reason why gun powder treason, Should ever be forgot.” The Gun Powder Plot was foiled on November 5, 1605 but the memory of Guy Fawkes lives on as the single biggest kiwi fireworks event, next to New Year’s Eve. Our best local information sent us packing on a 7 km walk to Mission Bay where we learned on our arriva ... read more

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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

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Angie and Steve Blake

The Biketoss World Tour

It was the first week of August and we had all but signed the papers on a rental house in the nation’s capital, where we were going to relocate for a year or two on a Parks Canada assignment. The next Monday the entire plan was on hold and by Friday the Ottawa ship had sailed. No bother, we really like living in Jasper anyway. Then the life altering call . . . Angie, calls and says: “Why don’t we take that year off and travel to New Zealand like we’ve always dreamed of?” I gave her a nervous laugh and said “Great idea!” all the while shaking my head. Two weeks later we had the wh... full info

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