Durie Hill elevator

Tunnel to Wanganui's historic Durie Hill elevator, built in 1916, while we were fighting on O'Connel street they we're building elevators up mountains! .. still the exact same pull systems etc .. u can feel it on the way up

North island for christmas, and south for new year

January 4th 2008
We thought we had better put up a blog since yee are all heading back to work soon or are already there and probably need something to fill your hours when you return to the office. We spent Christmas in New Plymouth in a hostel called Shoestring Backpackers. Paul n I went out for Christmas Eve drinks and after trawling the streets found an Irish pub playing christmas music, so had a few tippl ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Blenheim

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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