Te Papa

My Education

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June 4th 2008
There was me thinking that my education was on a hold this year, and that i wasnt going to have to do any real learning, but alas I was wrong. Why? Well hopefully this blog will highlight why! Today despite the chance of a lay-in, i set my alarm to be up and out by 9, though i was actually a bit later than that. Dom set out with a whole day planned, only for it to be foiled by the weather. Chan ... 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