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News From Dunedin

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December 27th 2006
Merry Christmas! Sorry we have been so slack about our blogs, but in the past few weeks we haven't been doing too much that merits an entry. Kirsty has been working hard during the week at her speech therapy job, and I have been learning all sorts of things about the specialty foods business. The cafe that I work in sells products from all over the world, and most of it are things that I have no ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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