The Chariot

The Sunday Before Wednesday

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May 14th 2006
First let me say "how horrible." Two days before the road trip down south in my new hybrid car and so little is planned. Getting up at 7am on a Sunday sounds like a good idea in theory. It was supposed to allow me to pack, clean out the car -which currently resembles a medical waste skip more than it does an actual vehicle- make those final bookings and do eight hundred loads of washing. My pla ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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