Winter Sports, Wellington Style

Wellington in Winter - Four Seasons in One Day/Week/Month

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July 18th 2006
Hi all from a very wet New Zealand. We've had a weird winter weather-wise - overall very wet but we've also had some beautiful weather in between all the crap and gloriously many of those days were on weekends! This blog is just a general update on what we've been doing and an excuse to add loads of photos showing Wellington on the nice winter days. One some days, we've been able to sit out on ... 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