Chelle feeding Sylvie and Fluffy.

Family happenings - Beachlands/ Bucklands Beach

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January 12th 2011
We are having an amazingly hot dry summer all the rain seems to be falling over Queensland in Australia. The rain seems to be forgetting to cross the Tasman and come to New Zealand. Queensland is having the most dreadful floods, I heard the other day that the floods cover an area the size of Germany and France combined. We are in serious drought mode. My water rates bill is going to be horrendous ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Beachlands

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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