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Christchurch a city of two halvs

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December 20th 2015
So I arrived in Christchurch very late in the evening and luckily Leanne came and picked me and took me back to hers which will be my base till just after new years. Lying on the east coast of New Zealands South island between the southern alps and the pacific its just beautiful here but the the damage from the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 and still very present with most of the city center still ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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