The framework inplace

Getting Ready to go

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March 23rd 2008
About two years ago we decided that we would like to pack up everything at home and go on our Big OE - live and work in England for two years. We were sort of attracted to this idea by the example of our good friends Les and Sue who had done exactly this a little while ago - except that we would not be drawn home after 15 months as they were with the prospect of a first Grandchild looming large ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » North Shore

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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