Christmas cracker fun

Adventures in the South

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January 7th 2007
**We know we’ve been quite out of touch the past 2 or 3 weeks. We have driven so much and seen so many amazing sites, we didn’t really have much time to sit at a café and write! Now that we’ve arrived in Wellington, we have the chance to use some free internet at Cara & Scott’s place. We’ve decided to split this into 2 entries because it got so long, so this first one goes until New Yea ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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