Clive & Lize's Old Crib

The Sights & New Years

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January 1st 2009
Tuesday, 29th Lize & Maryke took me sightseeing today, Wellington is really beautiful. We started our circumnavigation at Newtown, where Clive & Lize used to live, and from there to Island Bay. I interacted with the wildlife, as is custom, and we could see the Southern Alps on the south island from there. We drove around to Lyall Bay to watch the planes take off from Wellington Airport. It's w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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