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My Sad Goodbye

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June 3rd 2008
We pick up the blogging on Sunday, following the rugby final the night before. Sunday was a fairly relaxed day in Christchurch, well except for me deciding to bike up Dyers Pass to the sign of the Kiwi. Costa had challenged me to beat his time, and I got nowhere near. I had to push the bike half the way. For those people from Lowestoft, Imagine Biking up the ravine, constantly! Hard work. However, ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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