The only thing you can plan with is the knowledge that everything changes
November 26th 2007 Spending as little time in Dorkland as possible, I fixed up the next leg of my journey. Plan was to take two of the "Stray's" bus tours and end up eventually in Queenstown to work for Christmas and new year. Our first stop was at the Coromandel penninsula, where we did some sea kayaking in rather rough waters. A good day, meeting some more good people. Staying up for a few drinks with John, we wer
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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 
