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Day 51

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December 21st 2010
Making up the gingerbread house! This had been quite an event to look forward too, Tigger had made up the biscuit base the previous day, and today was the day for cutting and constructing the gingerbread house. I, like, I suspect, the kids, saw this as a vital final step before we would actually be able to decorate the gingerbread house, which was really the business end of the deal, with sweets a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » New Plymouth

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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