Ferry from Wellington to Picton

Leaving the North Island and going South...

March 13th 2006
Rocked up to Wellington feeling a little sore from the rafting and spent a very chilled day wandering round: Oriental Parade and the marina with tons of running people (doing it in their lunch hour, presumably; looked like far too much hard work if you ask me); and the afternoon in the Te Papa (maori for "our place") musuem. The musuem was brilliant. Learnt all about emigration to New Zealand: app ... 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

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Elizabeth Southey

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I have been working non-stop since leaving university and last February I felt I had got to the point where I could buy a house and settle down or I could travel the world and mix-it-up globally...it was a tough decision. While I have travelled quite a bit with my job and on holiday (Europe and the US), I felt I had never really got out there and seen stuff. Consequently, I am taking a 6-month sabbatical from work, starting in Jan 2006, and will be travelling to Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador (and fingers crossed, the Galapagos Islands).... full info

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