The Met

Kia Ora

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November 28th 2010
Friday – Day of Departure – we had a lovely few hours in New York … walking across Central Park to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and back again (about 4 miles … training Emily up!) ‘The Met’ was by far and away the most accessible and impressive of the art/museum collections we saw whilst in New York and we all wish that we had had longer there. Highlights (we only scratched the surfa ... 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