The Big Anouncement Update 20140127_132013

The Big Anouncement Update

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February 19th 2014
My initial plan was: do update about Hobbiton; do update about driving in NZ and post some of those funny sign-posts I photographed; do update about working at Punchbowl near Auckland, referencing to some of the adventures around Auckland. Then do updates about each day of travel of when I was doing this mad dash across the North Island to meet the ferry deadline (and why). Then my impressions o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Central Otago » Roxburgh

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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