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Day 27

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November 27th 2010
Day 27 Saturday. Another gorgeous sunny day, and my rest day, so, with the weather so good, we decided to venture along to the Stratford A&P show, after the wash out at Harwara last weekend. We arrived to find, to our surprise, a long queue of people waiting to pay to get in but, as luck would have it, just as we were driving almost right past the main entrance, a car came out of its parking space ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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