Melbourne

Hello to our Fifth Country!

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January 15th 2008
Hello again! We have arrived in New Zealand now - in Christchurch at the mo for 2 days then we are off in our van on the road to nowhere!! The van is cool - compact but cosy - like a miniature caravan its cool, we have a bed, table which spins and rocks(now who has a table like that in ya home) a small TV thanks to Uncle Lesley which is in black and white(now i know how u felt dad Jones then again ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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