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week 16

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January 10th 2009
MON - cleaned the house before we left, shop in greymouth on the way to Waiuta robert harris again, got to waiuta (old ghost town of a gold mining town from 1951, the gold ran out and it was abandoned they now wish to restore it, a bit eerie but pretty cool) the lodge in which we stay is awesome, i have a massive bed to myself, its about 5 beds together as a continuous bunk bed, like waitawheta! t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Reefton

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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