Postman Pat

A Kiwi Icon - The Alexandra Blossom Festival Parade

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September 27th 2014
e think we are being taken as North Island ‘softies’ by C & M if the thick bed coverings are anything to go by. We do occasionally exchange some friendly banter by email when Alexandra features in weather extremes such as the lowest morning temperature in the country while Tauranga sits as the warmest place or when we are watching the puddles grow in the backyard because of heavy rain while A ... read more

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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