Beautiful Wanaka

New Zealand - South Island

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May 3rd 2007
Road Trip Diary Continued ... 3rd Took the long ferry trip from Wellington to Picton, and drove straight on to Picton for the much anticipated sibling reunion. David's sister and two friends, Dru and Sarah, had been completing a whistle-stop tour of New Zealand to co-incide with ours. We slept in the van in the carpark of their posh hotel (pikey, we know) in Blenheim. Also w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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