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September 29th 2008
Polly: To anyone thinking of visiting New Zealand, I would strongly recommend a trip to the west coast of South America (or Canada perhaps) on the way - it totally sorts out the whole jet-lag thing. We took off from Santiago at 10:45pm on the 26th September, had a few beverages over the Pacific Ocean, then slept for about 7 hours. We landed in Auckland, 13 hours later at 4:45am (the clocks chan ... read more

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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