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Christchurch is so much better than Auckland

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May 14th 2009
The next morning, we wake up to blue skies and sunshine, although it’s getting pretty cold now and we wrap up in fleeces. There is a bus stop right outside the campsite so we head off to the Bus Exchange in the city centre (aka the bus station), disembark and get our bearings. We walk up to the Cathedral Square to see the Cathedral and also the silver chalice sculpture that was erected in 2001 ... 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