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To the spit

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July 14th 2009
Last night we decided to eat out, so we browsed through the brochures provided to see what we could find. There was a piazza place, but that was shut on Mondays. We picked on a take away for fish and chips, and walked down the street to pick it up. We found it shut as apparently they were away all July! So we moved on to another place, which it turned out was also shut on Monday. The night was qu ... 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