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Day 176 New Zealand, Leeson to Christchurch.

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May 13th 2015
Hello All, We woke up after a ropey sleep, we both kept waking up worried we might get a parking ticket but luckily in the morning the windscreen was clear!!! We looked what was about and found there was a cheap swimming pool close, this ticks off two things, 1 exercise and 2 a shower as it seems like an age since our last one. It was a nice pool, they had hot hydrotherapy pools a ... 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