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HOBBIT WANDERS Chapter One: Tane Mahuta

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August 31st 2009
HOBBIT WANDERS: Tane Mahuta Hay Kids, It has been a while since I last sent you some tales. Mum has been here in the UK for the last 5 weeks. We had such a super-fun-busy time. Ye ol blog has taken a back seat however. So where were we? Oh yeah.... After Santiago we hoped on a plane bound for the land of the long white cloud: Aotearoa!! A place where hobbits wande ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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