The long and winding road

Christchurch

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March 9th 2009
First off, sorry for the delay. I'm trying to be good about blogging regularly, but honestly I've half lost track of time, and I'm waiting for a rainy day to sit down and do this (it hasn't really rained, except for on the ferry from the South to North Islands). Also, I'll stop using headings because I screwed up on the last post, and it looks like I was yelling for the second half of it. Anoth ... 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