Auckland Zoo

If Jean Mark Hachey says it's true then it must be

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July 25th 2006
I am currently experiencing culture shock. This is shocking in itself as New Zealand’s culture is not that different from Britain’s (with the exception of a higher occurance of dead-pigs-in-cars than Blighty). I know this because I read it in the Canadian’s Guide to Working and Living Overseas (by Jean Mark Hachey, Intercultural Systems Publishing, 1995), a book I idly picked up and flicked ... 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