chez la mer

akaroa update

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November 14th 2005
Small town life is good...I've been to another production at the Gaiety Hall. This time it was a play, called "The Onion," about...onions. Actually more of a comedic interpretation of New Zealand based on a family onion farm. The actors (all 2 of them) and the director and sound guy stayed at the backpacker where I work, and the director is an American man, but he got New Zealand residency abou ... 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