A little bit nippy

New Zealand - One Big Adrenalin Rush!

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March 20th 2007
New Zealand didn’t start off the best way, I managed to take the longest possible route to get there from Aus. I flew from Melbourne to Brisbane, where I had to wait 12 hours in the airport for a flight to Christchurch and then from there another flight down to Queenstown - what could have been a 2hour direct flight took me 2 days, 3 flights and through 4 airports - all thanks to Qantas who mess ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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