-25 awaiting antartic storm

Goodbye south island

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August 25th 2005
Gem here, Well we have finally said goodbye to south island and are back with my parents in porangahau for a couple of days. Our last few days in Christchurch were good fun. We stayed at Amber Park campsite which was very freindly and only a short bus ride into the town centre. On tuesday we went to the Antarctic centre, well worth the visit, where we spent 3 hours, good fun and fascinating. ... read more

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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