Lake Tekapo From Observatory

Travels in our Spaceship

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December 2nd 2006
Yep, you read it right. We've been wheeling our way around New Zealand's South Island in a spaceship. Ok, it was actually a people carrier which had been coverted into a very basic campervan but it was called a spaceship and it's name was ET. We collected our new best friend from Christchurch on 12th November after a couple of lovely days in Christchurch city meeting up with Shelley (a friend ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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