Where a Tree Once Stood

Super Bowl Monday

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February 5th 2007
Here we sit, the only saps in a huge bar at 11AM, Gina with ‘Go Bears’ written on her face in plum eye pencil, two pints of local brew and our laptop. We awoke early this morning and did some power sightseeing prior to coming here. The owners of our bed and breakfast mused at Gina’s insistence on spending a good portion of today cooped up in a local tavern watching football instead of abs ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Newmarket

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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