Uncle John on bass guitar

On the Piste

---

August 1st 2008
Hi! Hope the Summer's going OK back home. We've recently experienced a lot of snowy and icy conditions if it makes you feel any better, although I heard the weather was pretty good back home at one point. We flew into Christchurch and spent a couple of days in the city known as the 'most English town outside of England'. Its quite sleepy compared to most cities but its quite picturesque and has ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

---

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