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week 9

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November 23rd 2008
left home exactly 2 months ago today! another local week this week, we were on Mount Albert on mon and fri and in North Shore tues - thurs team = Dan, me, Adam, Charlotte (i requested them for my birthday week), Taz, Matthias 21 germany, Hosung, Sascia, Kate (welsh one) MON - mount albert pulling out montpellier broom, thistles, privet etc. only did about 2.5hrs as we strated late and finishe ... 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