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Hydrophobia

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September 27th 2015
Growing up, I was incredibly afraid of water. Mum and dad tried their very best to get me to go to swimming classes but after a nasty experience watching a swimming teacher push my sister into the pool, the fear just grew into this monstrous phobia that I couldn't seem to shake. I was so scared of water that I even bit my dad's cheek once, when we tried to get me into the water (sorry dad, I still ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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