We still don't have much furniture

December 25th 2008
Not really travelling, but just an update... We started off our first Christmas in Christchurch with "Carols by Candlelight" in Victoria Square on Christmas Eve. We had originally planned to have Christmas dinner that night and then spend Christmas Day on the beach with a picnic. However, strangely, the weather forecast predicted rain (despite the scorching days we'd been having up to that po ... 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

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Emma and Tim

We started this travel blog in 2005 when we set off on a ten-month around-the-world trip with a couple of backpacks and not much else. In 2008, we emigrated to New Zealand with four suitcases and a guitar and spent the first month travelling throughout the country, from Auckland to Christchurch, via a roundabout route. We now live in Christchurch and post the odd blog now and again...whenever the travel bug bites. Happy reading! Also, for a non-travel related blog, see whatdoesawombateat?... full info

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