It's compact

Have we become inverse snails?

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February 19th 2007
Ian taking over blogging for a bit… We stopped for fish and chips in Akaroa where we had Hoki (a fish that is a bit like cod only smaller). We had to buy the vinegar separately which we put down to cultural differences - a bit like those in Germany where they look at you like you’ve gone mad when you ask to have your fish without remoulade sauce but with essig instead - and that is at the pl ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Canterbury Plains

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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