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Reefton

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August 30th 2007
We saw Marie off this morning on the "bus" to Christchurch. She'll be back in Toronto in about 30 hours, no doubt glad to be sleeping in her own bed. We had a fine visit and we are sending her back with a much improved, although still not perfect Kiwi accent. The weather was almost perfect. While Marie was here we had almost no rain (1 mm all last week). However, there has been a real deluge in th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Reefton

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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