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New Zealand adventures begin!!

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July 21st 2006
At last the waiting is over! We are finally here in New Zealand. But we have to ask ourselves what we are actually doing when we get off the plane at midnight in a freezing cold Christchurch!! Goodbye to the boiling hot tropics. Emily hasnt felt the cold since April 2005 in Scotland (apart from 2 weeks in Tasmania in April) and Emma hasnt since she waved goodbye to Ireland in January. We meet ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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