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Holiday to New Zealand

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January 12th 2014
Only a few more days before we set off on our adventure to Hong Kong, Sydney and New Zealand. We hope to be able to keep in touch with all of our family and friends through this blog site but if not we will revert to e mails when we can. Now Christmas and New Year have passed and a sense of normality has returned, our thoughts are turning to the holiday, getting everything in place, collecting tra ... 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