Tomasina Maria

So long my friends...

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September 7th 2006
So my friends I am set to step out off the Long White Cloud, feeling rather flat (do any of you know what I mean?), but ready to go. Well, you would hope so after all the farewells that have been raging since arhh a month ago! This is an introduction for some of you to the concept of a ‘travelblog’ for others you, you are already wizards. So check yourselves and others out below and have a l ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington Region

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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