Mapua

Trip of Giants - Moutere, Mapua and a clan gathering

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July 10th 2010
After a leisurely sleep-in in very cosy beds, we visited Grandma Shirley for a brief catch up. She gave me a pile of old photos from my childhood days that brought back a few memories. Fancy your parents keeping valentines day cards from when you were 6! Apparently some girl named Kelly really had the hots for me back then! After a quick photo op, we then headed to the Marsden Valley Cemetary t ... 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