White Wine, Golden Sand and Deep Blue Sea - North of the South, New Zealand
December 7th 2005 In a burst of activity quite uncharacteristic for myself in the last few days, I managed to cover off all of the remaining highlights of Northern South Island. These included the Marlborough Wine District, the Abel Tasman National Park and Nelson and finally the Marlborough Sounds through which I would make an emotional ferry trip on my way across the Cook Straits to North Island and Wellington. A
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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 
