Train Ride

Goodbye New Zealand

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December 16th 2006
Hello All!! Firstly, I have to apologise for the delay in writting this blog. I have been really busy, and have not always had access to a computer. I am now in the lovely Australia!! Sydney to be precise. I arrived on Wednesday. It is really amazing here and am glad I chose to come here for Christmas and New Year. Mainly because I have friends here... Karen and Hannah - who I met in Fiji (a ... 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