View from the gondola

Nearing the end of N.Z.

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December 26th 2006
Hi people, Well i guess you've all pigged yourself out on too much food: eaten way too many Qaulity streets': consumed so much alcohol that you'd make George Best look like a tee-totaller? It was a little like that here: except we had chocolate filled wafer straws instead of Qaulity streets! I've almost finished my stint in N.Z, i wish i had more time here, I haven't even scratched the s ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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