Jaine, Jen and Nellie

To Jaine and Alex's

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April 6th 2007
We drove out on state highway 2 past Upper Hutt to Jaine and Alex’s lovely little bungalow with a lovely garden bordered by a mountain stream. After settling in Jane took us for a walk (Alex on night shift therefore sleeping) with their lovely liile foxhound cross dog called Nellie. She a very affectionate little dog. Lovely countryside is a very short distance from their house. In the late aft ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington Region

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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