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South Island - Put That Heating ON!!!

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July 31st 2007
THE PILOT: After hearing that South Island was so much more beautiful than the North one, it was time to see it for ourselves. So, me and my Scottish sister booked a flight on a tiny 9 seater (or so) that was going to take us there. It turned out to be the best beginning of the South Island chapter - the pilot who flew our teeny weeny plane was just so damn hot!!! And I mean it!!! (I also think ... 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