Fruit Orchard

The top of the South Island (Malborough and Nelson) gets a lot of sun hours. You can drive for hours and see orchards next to more orchards.

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I Stop Hating New Zealand

August 8th 2008
After 10 horrible days I am actually starting to enjoy New Zealand, now being on the South Island and having been virtually spared from rain so far. But just when it starts to get good I am about to leave. Tomorrow I am heading to Christchurch where I will board the plane to Hawaii on Sunday afternoon. Considering my next travel stop I am not too sad though. Anyways since coming to the South I ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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