Welcome to the House of Pain

The Super 14 - Highlanders V Blues

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February 28th 2006
Welcome to the House of Pain!! Travelling to New Zealand and not taking in a Super 14 game would be like going to “Hooters” for a meal with your girlfriend. I think you know what I’m saying fellas. So, not one to go against convention (well apart from the time Mr Miller, my primary school headmaster demanded that I call him by his name, and I responded “Yes Peter” - actually that was jus ... 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