Up in the air

Monday - Leaving the ipod behind

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September 29th 2008
Our next Top Ten was in the city of Whangarei (fain-ga-ray) and we were a good hour into the trip when Benjamin tells us he thinks he left his Ipod in Keri Keri. No I haven't made him extinct but he was close. Back we went and very luckily he found it. One good thing that came out of it is that on our way back south we ended up stopping to see the Waipu caves. We had sort of missed the sign th ... 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