McKessar

More stuff from the bottom of the Earth

---

March 23rd 2006
So anyway, in New Zealand at the moment, daylight saving has just gone back. The temperature may be hinting at coming down. It rained lightly for about 10 minutes in Ponsonby today. Autumn is threatening to 'superfly' summer from the top rope, and then slide under the ropes and grab a chair from the commentary table and smack summer on the head. So let's look back on 1 killer day of th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

---

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