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Goodbye Oz, Hello NZ, Sorry Christchurch

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November 3rd 2012
Well our last night in Sydney was at the Opera House watching Madame Butterfly and what an evening it was. It is my favorite opera and in Sydney Opera House, you cannot get to beat that - mind you I can never see Madame Butterfly again now can I. I still have a present outstanding for Covent Garden and I always said when that Madame Butterfly came to Covent Garden I will see it there, so I am go ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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