The Rimutaka Range

I'll probably get lots of tutting from my Kiwi friends for getting this wrong but across the hilltops from our place was the Rimutaka range of mountains (I think). As you can see, Wellington isn't the most heavily built up or developed of cities and the countryside is never too far away. I like that.

Inside the Long White Cloud

September 8th 2008
Occasionally known for our naturally gloomy outlook, Scots find winter is a time of darkness and cold; of biting winds and seasonal depression relieved/forgotten in those sacred days around the end of December and beginning of January when it’s socially acceptable to pack tightly into 70’s décor clad, sticky carpeted pubs and drink until thoughts of the cold are replaced by a cheer that is co ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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

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