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Wednesday 28/1/15

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February 1st 2015
Wednesday 28/1/15 WellingtonTook a ride in the Wellington cable car (funicular really) it goes up the hill with a couple of stops and ends in a large botanical garden. We followed the downhill route back to the city through the gardens, had a coffee stop in the rose garden and emerged into the city through an old cemetery. Arranged to meet Jamie on Cuba St for tea, still quite strange to meet peop ... 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