Train

Chocolate, trains and movies

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October 6th 2006
Hey! Sorry about the long time no blog again... although I haven't received any complaints. I thought that was quite odd actually. 😊 So what have been up to other past two and a half weeks or so? Well... let's start from the beginning... A fortnight ago today I was in Dunedin on the South Island. The university was kind enough to fly any willing PhD students down for a postgraduate sympo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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