Southern Laughter backpackers

Day 86 - Drive to Christchurch

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February 28th 2006
A bright sunny morning, a change from yesterday's rain. Drove all the way to Christchurch stopping to look at a historic church and Collie dog statue at Lake Tekapo. Took some very long, straight, boring back roads through the Canterbury Plains to Christchurch, arriving at 9pm at City Oasis Backpackers, a nice motel-style place with fancy en-suite dorm rooms with sofa's and kitchens. Truely some e ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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