Ponting gets his 100

Landed in NZ

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January 5th 2009
Hi Everyone, Thank you for all your Christmas and New Year messages! Just landed in Christchurch and so thought it'd be a good time to fill you in on the last few weeks before we head off around the South Island! Although originally we had planned to stay in Sydney for Christmas and New year, we eneded up heading back to Melbourne due to everywhere in Sydney being booked up! Was quite hap ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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