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Touring Monocle

January 28th 2016
Hi All Been a great last few days, far too busy to blog.. Set off to Lake Teakapo a good 4 hour drive. Met some people on New Years Eve whose mother was the lay preacher at the church of the Good Shepherd, very famous in NZ, so had to go. Anna the tour guide remembered his mother and him very well, and was touched that we had made the effort. Drove up Mount John to the observatory, a very steep ... 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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