"Smile you son of a bitch"

Green beer, Giant squid and little time

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March 22nd 2011
Being bored in Auckland is like trying to look cool while using a sedge way, a truly impossible state. Two massive tattooed Maoris’ are walking past me clad in Irish rugby jerseys, laughing and already tucking into a beer at just after noon, by the sound of their laughing, it’s not the first beer they have enjoyed today. Its paddy’s day and the entire of Auckland has caught Irish fever, the ... 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