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Hitchiker 1

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May 22nd 2007
Mark and I (just to recap, I decided to name my car Mark) started our drive down the coast to somewhere. I left the city at 2:30 and hoped to get as far as Oamaru before dark. But by 5:30 the light was fading fast and I was just coming to the outskirts of Timaru, a fair sized town, but with no hostels or reasons to stay. I missed the turn into town, but I desperately needed to pick up a coff ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Oamaru

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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