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Just arrived in NZ

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July 20th 2009
Cold but glorious. Sunshine all day and the hotel is amazing. We are staying in the Heritage Hotel in Christchurch. Could live like this forever. Have just been out for dinner and have just drank a good bottle of red from a local vineyard which we will be visiting very shortly, ... 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