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January 13th 2008
Sunday 13th Jan 08 Happy Birthday Mom for tomorrow 14 1 08, we all hope you have a really great day !!! Friday 11 1 08 Our trip has continued to be better than great, Friday we left Christchurch again to head north to Hanmer Springs to celebrate Jane’s birthday. We stayed in a nice very modern house just outside the town. Hanmer is famous ( In NZ anyway ! ) for having natural thermal sprin ... 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