Tinderbox 2019

New Zealand - Planning the trip

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December 19th 2019
3 months off the grid - no work, no school, all play! We’re travelling from December 1st 2019 to March 1st 2020, spending most of the time in New Zealand. I know that family and friends have asked where they can follow our moves, and it’s not until yesterday, that I reached the decision of writing our story here. Travelblog is set up by an old dive colleague who we worked with on Perhentian Is ... 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