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"And Then We…": The Entire of New Zealand in Four Weeks 1950's Oamaru

My favourite street in New Zealand is in Oamaru. Legend has it that the fig traders from Buffalo came here in 1642 and settled the area before Captain Cook even issued his first sneeze. Naturally that legend is made up - but it's all I've got.
"And Then We…": The Entire of New Zealand in Four Weeks

March 6th 2008
Auckland - Waiheke Island - Cathederal Cove - Hot Water Beach - Whangamata - Wentworth Valley - Wainui River - Tauranga - Rotorua - Waikite Valley - Orakei Korako - Tongariro National Park - Wanganui - Upper Hutt - Wellington - Martinborough - Wellington - Picton - Motueka - Saint Arnaud (Kerr’s Bay) - Kaikoura - Sheffield (the best pies in NZ!) - Arthur’s Pass - Hokitika - Franz Josef Glacier ... 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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