Sunset from Bach, Bay Of Islands

The folks come to stay

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August 23rd 2010
MUM AND DAD COME TO NZ I am getting slower and slower with my blogging I know - BUT I don't want to give up completely so what follows is a (believe it or not) condensed version of the fantastic time I had with my lovely parents in the summer..........so long ago....... SOME TIME MID DECEMBER 2009 In my whole time working at Hawkins Construction not once have I travelled further ... 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