Here come the southern puffs

Mobile at last....

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September 17th 2005
Hello all from a wet and miserable Sunday in New Zealand - today is Wellington at its worst so a good day to spend some time doing another blog. Our best news is that we've finally bought a car so we have a fair bit more mobility and freedom than we've had relying on our feet and public transport for so many months. We got a '96 VW Golf, which has only done 105,000 kms (65,000 mils), which is ... read more

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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