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Back up the Coast

We go North!

June 12th 2008
7th - 8th June - Wellington Having spent the night in Christchurch we were on a flight to Wellington early the next morning. Crossing the Cook Strait between the two islands on a windy day is not a pleasant experience, especially when on landing the pilot asks you to remind yourself where your nearest emergency exit is! Putting the flight behind us we checked into our hostel and then set off roun ... 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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