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Queenstown Exploits

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July 30th 2011
Our next stop was Queenstown, New Zealand. As part of the Rugby World Cup build up, Air New Zealand has a very funny safety video featuring the host team, the All Blacks, and ending with a granny streaking down the aisle. We’ve never seen so many people watching a safety video before and everybody was laughing along. It was only 3 hours across from Oz and the last 40 minutes or so we were treate ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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