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Hobit Wanders 3: There's No Place Like Home!

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November 9th 2009
Hobbit Wanders Part Three: There's No Place Like Home. Climbing the rock face with Moka and jumping into the crisp Akatarawa River on a fresh March evening: It felt like time had spun backwards at least a decade, my inner child was smiling with eyes wide open. Blimy! I remember more than 20 years ago during summer, when Mum would pick my brother and I up after school in the Hill ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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