Sheep Shearing

Queenstown, the Deep South and the Journey North.

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April 27th 2007
The trip to Queenstown was very exciting. A few clipboards were passed around the bus. The forms had a space to write your name, a space to write your next of kin* and a list of lethal activities. I took the pen in my hand and instantly felt a slight jolt of fear of what I was doing. Fortunately it wasn't fear that I had felt, the driver had passed around a pen that gave electric shocks - haha, h ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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