Staveley church

Kia ora, New Zealand!

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January 17th 2016
Our flight from Australia to New Zealand was one we had prebooked on our Round The World ticket and it left Sydney on time at 1845. To me, New Zealand looks just a hop and a jump away from Australia on the map but it is, in fact, a considerable distance at just over 1300 miles as the crow flies and the flight took almost 3 hours. We flew over the Tasman Sea which is directly opposite our home on t ... 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