Pegasus Bay

New Zealand

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May 19th 2007
Prologue: One Very Pleasant Phone Call When it comes to New Zealand, I guess I’m probably like a lot of people in that I didn’t really spend much time thinking about the place until after I’d seen the Lord of the Rings films. For me, the spectacular natural settings in those movies were really the stars of the show, and I suspect that even the viewers who didn’t care much for the fil ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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