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Plane trees, Mission Vineyard, Hawkes Bay
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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 yea... [read more]
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 yea... [read more] Blog: Walking with bicycles
Date: February 6th 2007
I am very slowly creeping nearer to the bottom of the North Island. I am very, very quickly hurtling to the bottom of my bank account.
Date: February 6th 2007
I am very slowly creeping nearer to the bottom of the North Island. I am very, very quickly hurtling to the bottom of my bank account.
Auckland
I was planning to leave Auckland about 2 days after I got there, but a long weekend was coming up and it was a chance to spend time with Sharlene - because it could be years before I see her again. So whilst she and Jodi slaved away at work ... read moreComment on vh316
Typical mid-life crisis: the sheer agony of commuting and the bone-chilling mononity of an office job led me to resign on the spur of the moment. I then couldn't bear the thought of ever having to sit through interviews or be used and abused by yet another blood-sucking temp agency, so I decided to run away and join the French Foreign Legion. Then I remembered that I am lazy, cowardly and far too fond of pizza and chocolate, so I decided instead that I would take myself off to Australasia and South East Asia.... full info
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