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New Year - New Goals

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February 24th 2008
Hello and Happy new year to you all. In January we took two weeks off work and drove around the South Island of New Zealand. It was great. We basically went from the top to the bottom and up/down both the west and east coasts. As part of the trip we spent 4 days walking through New Zealand rain forest on the Milford track ( see photos). Its 55km and has amazing scenery. You carry all your food/clo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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