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PIONEERS IN NEW ZEALAND
Our Early Settlers
"Rising at dawn,we crowded the ships rails, anxious to get a first glimpse of the land which was to be our new home".....
"The sea was calm as we sailed into Port Nicholson on that warm sunlit December morning in 1840 and soon shelters and shacks could be seen dotted along the waterfront......... Presently, native canoes came paddling out from the shore - there must have been a score or more coming to greet us. Our long journey from England was ...
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