A Maori Warrior?

Altogether Aotearoa

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July 6th 2009
I sit writing this looking out over the bay towards the steadily disappearing mountains that make up the local panorama. The closes the world in until there is no horizon but grey. Even in the rain Raglan is a beautiful place. Still, to recap the past few days since my last post. After a days break in Auckland I joined the Kiwi Bus and the 7 other passengers (a coach of 40 had left the ... read more

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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