Caves at Longbeach

Longbeach and Christchurch

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March 23rd 2008
So first blog in quite a while i think this one. It's been a great few weeks, have been on two great trips (Longbeach and Christchurch) and am also actually loving my lectures in general, one of our lecturers (the one teaching me 'Music in Art') could actually be a stand-up comedian, he manages to wring a joke every minute out of music's representation in victorian portrait art - no easy feat. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Dunedin

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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