happy Waitangi Day!
[ Waitangi Day is the national day of New Zealand. It is a public holiday held each year on the 6th of February to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document.
The Treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Maori rights to their land and gave Maori the rights of British citizens. There are significant differences between the Maori and English language versions of the Treaty, and virtually since 1840 this has led to debate over exactly what was agreed to at Waitangi.
Maori have generally seen the Treaty as a sacred pact, while for many years Pakeha (the Maori word for New Zealanders of predominantly European ancestry) ignored it. By the early twentieth century, however, some Pakeha were beginning to see the Treaty as their nation's founding document and a symbol of British humanitarianism. Unlike Maori, Pakeha have generally not seen the Treaty as a document with binding power over the country and its inhabitants. In 1877 Chief Justice James Prendergast declared it to be a 'legal nullity', and it still has limited standing in New Zealand law. ]
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yesterday's finally the first pay check - was considerably higher than expected. guinness'ierten then we met in the local stephie & Biddy Kate's Irish pub . xD also has me to Jenny Lynn's (surprise) birthday party on 20 february invited taupo . I will blenheim 18 leave and one night in wellington spend hochduesen thereafter.
and we are jumping together in taupo bungy . sigh, I am happy =)
now we can relax at the beach tomorrow it goes back to the vineyard. did you love! : X
comes on saturday by the love sven blenheim !
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