Kate

Hitting the books...and the Brombies

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May 15th 2006
Hey there, well since break nothing much has been going on. School is trugging along, this week and then next week and thats about it...till finals (oh boy). It has been a very strange feeling in the dorms, all the American kids are starting to freak out because most of them are leaving at the end of finals so they are trying to get everything in. I am kinda on the outside of it all - i still have ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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