Getting on the tram

Christchurch

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March 1st 2007
So I'm now here in New Zealand, I arrived here yesterday at 1am, and checked into the central YHA into a dorm with 7 other sleeping people. So finding my bed and getting ready for bed was pretty difficult in the dark, luckily I had my handy torch. Three lovely Essex girls, checked in and so I spent today with them going around Christchurch on a tram. This place is lovely and totally reminds me of ... 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