Heard the one about the cowgirl, the dwarf, the dead fella and the goldmine?
March 1st 2006 Plans eh? Made to be broken and I arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand with my arrangements in tatters. The additional unscheduled trip to Alice Springs meant that I had no time to activate my Working Holiday Visa and settle for a while in Wellington with the lads. If my committment to meet Enda in Asia was to be honoured, I had a little over a month to explore New Zealand and this was one country
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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 
