At His Lordhsip's Lane - Dinner with Matt, Lynley, Evonne & Greg, Christchurch

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New Zealand - South Island - The Eastern Half

February 4th 2009
Welcome (Kia - Ora) to Aotearoa - The Land of the Long White Cloud, the Maori name for New Zealand. As we appear to have done so much in our travelling here, rather than bore folks with a long blog we decided to split the South Island (The Main Land) into East and West (carving it in half down the middle). Most of what follows makes sense but we’ve used some creative licence to make it work. E ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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