Enjoying Pumpkin Pie

Thanksgiving

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November 22nd 2007
Thanksgiving NZ Nov 22, 2007 Well rested from our trip to the Coromandel, we were all business now with a Thanksgiving spread to plan and prepare. We gave up on catching a wild turkey. It wouldn't really be sporting anyway since you can call them up like puppies. We settled with chicken since the turkeys to be had at New World were frozen and cost prohibitive. Our menu consisted of chicken ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Tauranga

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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