This cache comes to The Palouse from New
Zealand. The contents of the cache are all New Zealand (Kiwi)
related and sent here by Zork V ~~ a New Zealand Geocacher.
LadyStevenson and Moun10goat are maintaining this cache for Zork
V.
When you visit this cache, please have
trade items that represent the region you are from or the USA. The
reason this is asked is because the trade items will go to the
sister cache in New Zealand. Any money placed in this cache will go
to New Zealand.
Zork V is a manager in New
Zealand.
While New Zealand is a relatively young
country, it has a rich and fascinating history, reflecting both our
Maori and European heritage. Amazing Maori historic sites and
taonga (treasures), some dating back almost a thousand years, are a
contrast to many beautiful colonial buildings.
Signed in 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi is an
agreement between the British Crown and Maori. It established
British law in New Zealand, while at the same time guaranteeing
Maori authority over their land and culture. The Treaty is
considered New Zealand’s founding document.
The first New Zealanders, the Maori, migrated
here from their ancestral Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. This was
followed about 800 years later by extensive European migration. The
influence of Pacific Island and Asian immigrants during the 20th
century has helped shape New Zealand into an even more vibrant and
diverse multicultural society.
**excerpts from www.newzealand.com/travel
An International Cache Exchange is where two
people from two different countries agree to exchange caches. Then,
you maintain the cache in your country & the other person
maintains the cache in their country. When supplies get low, you
replenish your cache in the other country & your counterpart
replenishes the cache in your country. The origninal cache exchange
was between "Divine" in Finland and Canadazuuk in Canada. This is
the LINK
for the forum thread on the International Cache Exchange. Here is a
LINK
for the Nordic thread in the forums. Finally, here is the
LINK to an
article in Today's Cacher written by Divine (about International
Cache Exchanges).
We hope that you will enjoy exploring the
area and the cache.