Once a Dancer...now a Chief

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July 1st 2017
Once a Dancer...Now a Chief. I think it was William Shakespeare who penned "Be not afraid of chiefness. Some are born chief. Some achieve chiefness. And others have chiefness thrust upon them." I never sought it...bony pointed fingers and an immovable force against my wishes pushed upon me. Yet in humble retrospect gotta say...kinda like the name..."Chief David"...or ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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