A fungers xmas and a paihia new year... Photo 216

A fungers xmas and a paihia new year...

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December 29th 2009
Getting back to Whangarei all jobbed up felt amazing!! i really didn't have anything on my mind at all, apart from surviving my first xmas away from home, and finding a place to live!! Kath took care of one, whilst lauren looked after the other! Thank god as i had no intention of tackling either one myself!! There really was no big build up to xmas day, and i kept on having to remind mysel ... 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