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Spin and twirl and clap your hands!  
   

Spin and twirl and clap your hands!

Take your partners and dosie-doh! Bollywood style dancing reached Auckland during the excellent Diwali celebrations. Everbody was up and doing the stand on one leg, pat the dog and screw in the light bulb dance.
On the 10, Bro'

December 27th 2007
We stopped in Auckland for two reasons. First we needed to make some money - if we didn’t get our hands on some cold hard cash soon, we’d be flying home before we could even say “Whakatane” (much to my own personal amusement, apparently "wha" is pronounced "fuh" in New Zealand - how wha-cking weird is that?) Second we wanted to stop moving around for a while; settle for a moment and rechar ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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