Chance encounters with Glaciers, Dolphins and fellow travellers in New Zealand
January 16th 2008 So we left you in Franz Joseph village last time. We headed out for our free shots, and spent the evening shooting some pool with a guy and girl from the netherlands. They are doing their PE teacher placements in New Zealand, and were taking some time out to see a bit of the country. Unfortunately for them they were broke though and had to get up early the next morning to clean the hostel in excha
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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 
