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Summer in the City

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December 7th 2006
Flew to South Island without much hassle - 45 minute delay. So it was good bye to wild and windy Wellington hello (hopefully) sunny Christchurch. Were met at the airport by Christine our host for the next week while we helped her get her garden sorted as a first step towards becoming organic. Christine is bubbly blond in her early fifties and made us very welcome. We spent the first afternoon ... 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