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Hedge Climbing

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February 5th 2007
For a team building activity my outreach (Africa) team went hedge climbing. Basically it is a bunch of big hedges (small trees) all in a row and you have to climb from one end of the row (about 10 or so) to the other end, with out touching the ground. I warned my team that I had never climbed a tree before, and I was actually really scared. Never the less they all insisted that I could do it, and ... 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