Leaning Laura

New Year in New Zealand

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January 3rd 2007
Happy New Year! This week we have done many weird and wonderful things ranging from going topsy turvy at puzzleworld to flying around a canyon in a jet plane on a cable. Christmas day was spent at Puzzling World in Wanaka which is a really good place full of weirdness and puzzles. They have a room in which the floor is on a 30 degree slope, but everything in the room is at a normal angle. Af ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Tekapo

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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