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The Blue Spring

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March 26th 2013
So here I am, finally setting my foot on the continent of New Zealand. Everything was so unexpected and weird things kept popping up. I guess that's just how life is, right? I've been helping out at a motel in Putaruru in the end, not so bad, huh? I made the bed and did a bit of cleaning every day, not really hard work. Then I'd have my half day off, browsing the internet and planni ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waikato » Putaruru

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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