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Wild Wildfoods Weekend

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March 11th 2007
Well the Wildfoods Festival lived up to its name in many different ways. I don’t think we really knew what we were getting ourselves into by signing up for the bus trip there, but I can definitely say that over the past 48 I have had one of the weirdest, but most wonderful weekends ever. I’ll start from the beginning… The bus was supposed to be leaving at 7am “sharp” so we were told to a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Hokitika

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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