Emma with a flax bush in the bay of islands

More pictures? Is it Christmas?

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May 27th 2008
Hello there, I know writing another so fast Emily? you must have a horridly exciting life!!! Well, no not really, but i do have some time to kill and some pictures to put up. today I wrote a two hour test, and went to my last lecture that I'll go to in NZ, so the semester well an truly is winding down. Only a couple small things to go, one 2000 word essay, and I'm golden times!!! But for now, ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hamilton

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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