volunteering in xmas parade

Auckland still.

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November 29th 2010
Hi all. Hope everyone is well. I’m still in Auckland, at the same hostel as when I arrived, I’m starting to miss the home comforts, like having my music on whilst getting ready, actually been able to turn the light on in the morning (not to wake anyone else up), and having the correct cooking utensils and not having to fight for a stove, just to cook pasta! Ha. Apart from hostel life, life ... 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