Blowing up some balloons

Homeward bound

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January 6th 2007
We are in Christchurch on the last day of our holiday, looking forward (well, Laura is anyway) to our 28 hours of flying back to London Heathrow as she loves plane food. We had a sad farewell this morning as we had to give back the van that had been our home for the past four weeks, will be weird not having to pack our bed up every morning back at home. :*( In the last couple of days we have be ... 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