Banks Peninsular

A Home away from home!!!

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December 15th 2008
Christchurch and Banks Peninsula. Hello! Another blog, another country! So we finally made it to New Zealand - 10 days earlier than originally planned after bringing our flight forward in order to find something a bit more challenging! Our flight arrived in Christchurch just before midnight and the initial plan was to hardcore it and sleep in the airport....little did we know that it was to be ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Banks Peninsula

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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