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February 26th 2006
This is Australia Eve, the end of the New Zealand chapter of my travels. Tomorrow afternoon, I board a plane from Christchurch and fly into the cosmopolitan sprawl of Sydney. I'm a bit overwhelmed by the finality of it all, leaving my home for the past four months. It is hard to make sense of my experience and also difficult as I am not quite sure what I am going to do in Oz. After the Catlin' ... 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