First sight of the Te Nikau peninsular with the Southern Alps over 100kms away to the south

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June 13th 2007
After a bit of shopping we left Westport and took the coast road, in fact the only road) south. New Zealand’s south island basically has a ridge of hills and mountains that track down the West Coast leaving a narrow strip of land between them and the coast. For those that have no idea, the south island is much quieter and less populated than the north and a million miles from the city hassles o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Punakaiki

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

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