Eatin' time!

Christmas in a foreign land

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December 26th 2006
First of all...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! Thank you for all the holiday messages; they brought a piece of home all the way over to kiwi land. I hear everyone at home can relate to my having a green Christmas, not much fun is it? I actually didn't mind so much because clearly there was no hope for snow here. Surprisingly the only day that I was really homesick was Christmas Ev ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region

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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