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September 1st 2011
Recently, as I completed my 13 months in Korea, I went back to New Zealand and Australia for 10 days. This included 2 days travelling so was basically 3 days in Sydney and 5 days in New Zealand to see my family and all my close friends. Phew! It's always strange to go back after a long time away. The last time I traveled back after South America I had been so fully immersed in South American c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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