Linwood and Lisa

November Visitors - The Holtons and the Shugarts

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November 22nd 2008
November 1 & 2 - The Holtons The first weekend in November, Gregg and I had a chance to sneak away to Christchurch for the night, without the kids, to visit Jinks and Linwood Holton. It was a visit that we were very much looking forward to as the Holtons were the first friends from Virginia to book a visit to New Zealand. Sydney was busy with a local community theatre production, "Watch out fo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Timaru

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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