Akaroa

Touchdown!

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February 18th 2006
Kia Ora! (original start, I'm sure) We've landed - a mere 18,000km from home - and soon as we stepped out of the airport we were greeted with flowers. Who told them we were coming? OK, so it's National Flower Week and everyone's getting the same treatment - but it felt like good karma. The flight(s) were great - managed to sleep a lot - as well as eat and drink the equivalent of 3 days food ... read more

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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