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First Impressions

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December 12th 2014
So I left London 2 weeks and 5 days ago to embark on what is supposed to be my big adventure on the other side of the world. If you had asked me a year ago what my plans for December 2014 were going to be I would have told you I'd be working as service provision in a hospital in London that didn't give a shit about me, my training, or the European Working Time Directive. I probably would have c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Palmerston North

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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