View from Russell shore on a dull day

Waka round the clock

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June 30th 2006
Busy city executives think they have it tough with their breakfast meetings, client luncheons and post-work squash sessions but I too know the trauma of a hectic schedule. This week I managed three activities. Yes, three! I feel light headed just thinking about it. And all of this whilst still working in the gardens, shifting enough gravel to pebbledash Barry White! Well, he is a bit smaller now. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Kerikeri

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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