the old and the new

WOW WHAT A NIGHT- THE EARTH SHOOK FOR US!

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August 27th 2009
Had to tell you all, don't know if it has made the news over there - WE HAD AN EARTHQUAKE!!!!!!!! 2.10am this morning 5.2 on the scale, only 20klms south of Wellington, we both woke up and were shaking side to side. I said to Ratko "what was that" and he said "maybe an earthquake". There was another one at 4am of 4.8 but neither of us felt that one. I was only learning about them at the museum t ... 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