The business end

Gricer alert! Yeehaw!

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December 11th 2006
Once I escaped Gordon Wells, the Just Jade guy, I spent the morning in Hokitika. Bit busier on the monday morning, which was nice to see. I got my 1gb card full of pics transferred to CDs at a photo shop in the town, and posted one copy back to the UK. I had breakfast in a lovely bakery/diner, the most fab toasted cheese and ham sandwich. Also had a coffee here they call "flat white", which is a n ... 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