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April 16th 2006
My apologies for an extremly prolonged blog update. Life in New Zealand these last two months, has been jam-packed with working/volunteering on "organic farms" (in exchange for food and accomodations), hiking and hitchhiking all around this beautiful, sheep-filled country. The WWOOFing (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) experience was not exactly what I had expected. However, I appreciated th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Dunedin

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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