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June 12th 2007
Well life has changed a bit in the last month…… drastically really when you consider we were climbing volcanoes and dropping in on blue footed boobies nesting in the Galapagos islands just a few weeks ago. We landed at Auckland airport at on a Thursday morning to find uncle Grant’s friendly face waiting for us, armed with a bag of Vogel’s and some marmite for breakfast; just what we had m ... read more

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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