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Remarkable Queenstown

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May 12th 2011
Our time in Queenstown after we had found a house to live in began with trying to find jobs. We had both come here thinking that we would be able to pick up jobs fairly easily. Unfortunately that was not the case. We started off going round town handing out CVs wherever we could but had little or no interest from anyone with no one even giving us an interview. We both joined all the job agencies i ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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