View from Mt. Eden

"Trapped" in New Zeland

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March 1st 2013
So, after my stay in Queenstown, I took a bus to Christchurch so that I could catch my flight to Indonesia the next morning. The bus left in the morning and it was due to arrive at about 5:30pm. My flight was at 6am, so there was no point in getting a hostel for the night; instead I decided to wait it out at the airport. I gave a call to Jim Worthington, a friend of Rob Hacking (with whom ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Newmarket

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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