The 'fattest' Indian in the World

Thursday 29th

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January 31st 2015
We rose early in order to speak with our children. It seems so odd waking early in order to speak to them before they go to bed. We visited a hardware shop called Hayes that passes as a motorcycle museum. In there was the Indian motorcycle developed by Bert Munroe who achieved and still holds the landspeed record for under 1000c two wheeled vehicles. He passed away in 1978 but a film of hi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Bluff

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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