Hiking Down Mt. Doom

New Zealand

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March 29th 2006
An Introduction Hello! If you are a friend who clicked on the face book link, "what up". If you are a friend from Middlebury, you should be working right now, slacker. Name is Ed. Since this is my first entry I thought I'd lay out a quick intro. Again, I am an undergrad student at Middlebury College (VT) with aspirations of one day becoming a medical student with aspirations of one day beco ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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