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BYE BYE AUSTRALIA/HELLO NEW ZEALAND

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July 6th 2006
Good day to you all. Apologies to all our regular readers for the delay in updating the diary. This has been due to several factors: the website being down for several days;travelling and being unable to get it together! As you can see we have now left Australia and are now in New Zealand. To say that there is a contrast in the climate would be an understatement! It is bloody freezing! But mo ... 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