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Lake Tekapo

This is why I'm here...

February 25th 2007
RIght, a second attempt at writing this after losing everything the other day.... I'm afraid my original spontanaity has been lost into the ether. So, since leaving Christchurch I've been having a brilliant time. Started off at Lake Tekapo - absolutely stunning with turquoise blue water and snow capped mountains in the distance. I walked up a hill (actually a mountain, but as I started at 7 ... 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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