Me playing in an igloo!

Christchurch!

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February 22nd 2009
Hello!! So... as usual we left Queenstown first thing in the morning (Chris, Greg and I nearly missing the bus because my alarm didn't go off!). We spent most of the day in the bus, dropping Greg off in Ashburton to stay with family. We finally got to Christchurch in torrential rain (10 minutes earlier it had been hailing and then had starting snowing... very bizarre!) and I pretty much went st ... read more

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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