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Welcome to New Zealand - Get Planting you Dirty Pom

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August 27th 2007
Can’t Believe I Missed Me Footy After Only 72 Hours Travelling Okay, so nearer to 32 hours, but I had crossed the International Date Line, so it wasn’t that far off. I was held up at Auckland airport for 9 hours, during which time I’d made about 6 shuttle runs between the Qantas and Air New Zealand ticket counters to see who was going to pay for the flight that I’d now missed (they were f ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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