Christmas Tree

Boxing Day Breakfast

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December 26th 2006
Christmas day, and while this ‘trip’ may not be as exciting as some of out others it is the one that my darling daughter misses most, the trip to the café. Up early-ish and we take the dog as usual, but especially today as it is boxing day and as he is a boxer it is his special day. While Scott enjoys his long black and creamy mushrooms and chorizos, I swill down my latte and blueberry panc ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Mount Eden

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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