Kaichucki

3 Hire Cars, 2 Hotels and a Sick Bag on a Ferry

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March 4th 2006
... think it just about sums up our Wellington Experience so far ... Our ferry crossing - a scenic mosey along the Marlborough Sounds and across the Cook Straits - ended up being delayed by 11 hours and became a less-than-enjoyable day out. Suffice to say that our boat, the 'Kaitaki' has since been renamed the 'Kaichucki'. Never have we witnessed so many sick bags in s ... read more

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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