Sunset over Mt Victoria

Goodbye Wellington

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November 1st 2006
Well its finally November and that means i've only two more weeks in New Zealand! More to the point it means i've got to actually leave Wellington, something I have to admit i'm slightly sad about. Wellington is such an amazingly lovely city, I didn't realise how much until my sister asked if i'd consider living here! Whilst here this time i've been working in a backpackers, painted like a zeb ... 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