Drinks with Megan

Meetings with Powerful People...

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August 22nd 2012
I woke up this morning and put on my new Chinese tailored suit and tie from the BJ silk market. I was lacking a pair of black shoes so had to wear my timberlands, hoping no one would notice! I headed off to Petone on the north side of the Wellington harbour bay for my first meeting with William Tonkin at SSS Ltd. This was set up by Stuart after our dinner in HK. Bill had then set up my later meeti ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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