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September 5th 2008
Well, we're back home in New Zealand. But we've got a couple of weeks to cover before we continue! On our last day in the UK we made our way to Heathrow Airport extremely early - our flight was at 10.15pm and we arrived at around 5pm! This was because we weren't sure what sort of traffic we'd encounter on the way and because we still needed to pay for our flight changes and therefore hadn't a ... 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