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Trip of Giants - Another 90th Birthday

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July 4th 2010
Again another failed attempt at staying up for the soccer. Somehow sitting up in the 2am freeze isn't as easy as at home (where its warmer). So the next morning, why get up? I slept in while the other nutters went for a walk up Cashmere Hills to Victoria Park. Lunch was at the Oxford on Avon, which I was surprised to find was where an old nightclub Baileys 818 used to be - that I had frequente ... 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