Tea in Lyttleton

Marie Arrives

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August 9th 2007
We headed over the Hill (to Christchurch) in what now feels like a commuter drive (albeit a 3.15 hour commute). The kids had to go the orthodontist and we picked Marie up from the airport. She is over from Toronto for a 3 week stay in Kiwiland. We left the house late as usual which makes the drive over the mountain pass just a little more harrowing as we had to make up the lost time (Which is not ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Banks Peninsula

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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