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The Kilboran's Great Antipodean Adventure - Episode Seven - The City of Quakes and Gateway to Antarctica

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January 17th 2018
Today, we left the wonders of the North Island and headed South to our next stop of Christchurch. We approached this leg with a mix of emotions; excitement at seeing our first stop in the South, the place in NZ that is probably most familiar to people back at home, but also a certain element of sadness at what we might see in a city ravaged by two major earthquakes in six months during 2010 & 2011 ... 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