Tram

The road to Christchurch

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February 24th 2007
We had a good nights sleep although Archie Thompson gave me the odd nightmare as he single handedly smash Adelaide United in the Grand Final, 256km today with a brief stop along the way, at Timaru for breakfast at the Couplands Bakery then it was on to Christchurch. We arrived at 12.30 and headed straight up to the Gondola which is 5 or 6 km from the city centre and was pretty boring, we went ... 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