World's Adventure Race

Adventure World Racing Championship

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November 12th 2005
Have you ever wondered how these people can do this sport? it has to be the most challenging event there is both physical and mental. Tomorrow starting at Westport on the West Coast of the South Island 184 participants in teams of four will begin one of the world's most grueling contests of mind and spirit. Not for the faint hearted. The race is strictly a team effort as the winning team must ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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