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Touring Monocle

January 3rd 2016
Happy New Year everybody. Now in Taupo on the way down to Waikanae near Wellington to visit friends, then on the ferry on the 5th to the South Island. Was sad to leave Athalie and Alan at Snells Beach, tremendous hosts and such fun. Now been renamed the Pommiegannets!!!! The journey down here was eventful. Went via Rotorua to the see the thermal springs with a view of having a swim in the ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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