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New Zealand South Island - Does it get any better?

January 26th 2008
Day 48 Friday 11th January 2008 Wellington A 06.30hrs start this morning to catch the ferry down to the South Island. The crossing of the Cook Straights was reasonably smooth and the first views of the South Island from the Queen Charlotte Sound were awesome. We docked into Picton and the weather was great and we boarded the bus down to Nelson stopping at a vineyard along the way f ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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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