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Arriving In New Zealand

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June 22nd 2009
Well we have set off again and after a ridiculously long 31 hour flight, we arrived in Christchurch on the South Island in New Zealand. We stopped in Bangkok to refuel and walk about the airport so I can technically say that we've been to Thailand. It was really hot there and a bit different to the weather in NZ. We arrived around midday last thursday and because of the timing we weren't really th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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