a busy week! Photo 8

a busy week!

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February 23rd 2009
Hello! Well we had a fun and busy week after our camping trip! Last Wednesday we went to Sentry Hill for the wine festival/concert and saw Op Shop, Anika Moa and Dave Dobbyn (who I think is kind of like David Wilcox back home - everyone knows his music etc and he performs locally but has some cd's out internationally etc). We met up with Greg and Jess and also some of Mark's other friends were the ... 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