view from the gondola

The Things you Learn...

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January 25th 2008
We left off our last adventure with the exciting prospect of spending some wonderful days in an orchard picking cherries. Well it turned out great for seeing and experiencing someting new, but horribly as for making any cash. We worked it out that we got paid $4.80/hr Canadian, which is under minimum wage in any province. Partially we were slow pickers (only put 3 days under our belts so we w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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