the picture is never as good as the real thing...

It's a wee bit windy in these parts...

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December 24th 2007
You must read the title with a Scottish accent. Dunedin has a Scottish background, and every so often there's a Scottish twist on the local kiwi dialect 'round here. So the last few days we've been discovering some of the wonders that lie down the road from us. The house that we're house-sitting is 4 km from New Zealand's one and only castle. Larnach castle was built in 1871 by a rich banke ... read more

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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