Christine and Billy

Glass-Painting and Gold-Panning

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March 12th 2009
When our planned stint with the owners of the earth house didn't work out, we called another location in the area, the Vat-T-Can, and the owner Christine agreed that we could come. First, we explored Oamaru a little. There’s lots of history in Oamaru. We were very close to the 45th parallel, the same latitude as the part of Vermont that we had been living in before the NZ trip. There was time ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago

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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