Winter Break Banalities

Winter Break Banalities

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July 12th 2007
Paul is back in Canada enjoying the heat which must be getting sucked directly through the earth from Reefton because there's none to be had, indoors or out, around here. In the first week that Paul was away our car and dishwasher broke, our garage flooded and we had a small but smoky housefire. He is missed. The kids get two weeks off school between terms. This coincides with the MidChristmas ... 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