Flat Tyre - stage 3

Trials and tribulations

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May 5th 2008
Well NZ is almost done and dusted. The last few weeks have been spent travelling up the east coast of the South Island to Christchurch. After Stewart Is we headed up to Dunedin where, unfortunately, we landed ourselves a flat tyre. But, looking to secure my place in the McLaren team, I had it changed in about 20 minutes - lightning! We were staying out on the Otago peninsula and it was a wee bi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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