Akaroa

All hail New Zealand

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April 27th 2005
After leaving the warm sunny weather of Sydney, I took a quick plane over the Tasman and luckily it was a clear day and saw the amazing mountain ranges of the South Island of New Zealand before landing and the weather change was quite a shock to me. It felt as if I was back in Ireland and immediately had to dig out my jumpers from the bottom of my bag that I had to all but forget about for th ... 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