Christchurch from up top

Happy New Year!

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January 4th 2010
Well hello there 😊 So here I am on the South Island at long long last. Christchurch is very English. So English in fact that every street is named after a place in England and the River is called the Avon River and it's all in the region known as Canterbury. I got here the day before New Years Eve and spent the day exploring while I waited to meet the friends I'd made in Auckland who've ... 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