Becka in the Hagglund

Attack of the Sandflies Part 1

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January 22nd 2008
The flight from Sydney to Christchurch, New Zealand only took 3 hours. It felt good to be leaving Australia and onto somewhere new again after the past 5 weeks on the go. Immigration was fairly painless but they're just as strict as Australia on what you're allowed to bring in (no plants, dairy produce, dirty shoes!? etc.) so we had to declare any wooden souveneirs we had. Thankfully we were give ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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