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First week settling in

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July 26th 2010
(I'm writing this on 5th August so may have left some stuff out and mixed up tenses!) So the flight.....in total it was around 26 hours including two stop overs in Dubai and Melbourne. I couldn’t really sleep properly so the long leg from Dubai is all a bit of a blur. Sat next to a girl from Germany, studying at Auckland Uni so at least I had someone to talk on the flight and during the stopove ... 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