Lake Takapo

South Island

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May 16th 2008
I have finally left Christchurch & become a traveller again! It was a long 6 months (actually 7.5 in the end), which I enjoyed despite the odd drama and a large dose of cabin fever! I will love my adoped family forever and missed them as I got used to flying solo again. Will also miss working at FAR, I have gotten used to working with those bloody birds and taking stick for my tea drinking habits! ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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