Christchurch to....Christchurch - By Special Guest Writers Derek & Rosalind Giles
April 15th 2009 After leaving the opulent surroundings of Changi Airport in Singapore - understandably regarded by many as one of the best in the world - we landed some 10 overnight hours later at Christchurch Airport in New Zealand’s South Island. After Changi, the kindest thing we can say is that it is not the best in the world. It was not helped by fussy immigration staff anxious to establish if I had brou
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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 
