If you look carefully you can see Palmy

Bottom of the North Island

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February 11th 2009
You will be pleased to know that the weather in Britain has made the news in New Zealand!! As you are all probably stuck at home in need of entertainment, we felt duty bound to provide you with another blog. Highlights of the last couple of weeks include our walk out to Cape Kidnappers. I know what you are thinking, what a cool name. Well it appears that when Captain Cook was heading down the ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington Region

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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