On the road

Timaru, New Zealand

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April 20th 2009
Fyi, we didn’t have wireless internet last night so I wrote the blog entry for Sunday in Microsoft Word and saved it. Today we packed up all of our stuff and I made my mom help me search the room thoroughly (about 12 times) for anything we were leaving behind. That’s always a worry of mine. Afterwards, I drove us to the Cathedral Square and mom went into the Christchurch Cathedral for servic ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Timaru

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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