Akaroa Winery

Tim and Allan's beautiful winery! Tim made us a great dinner accompanied by some great Akaroa wine. Unfortunately, we couldn't stay longer to help out with this year's harvest. We were looking forward to stomping grapes and riding the tractor! Guess we'll have to come back next year.

Some "Fine" days in New Zealand

April 22nd 2006
We weren't sure what we should be expecting after we heard our first weather report. "It will be 'fine' in the North Island today, some showers around the Bay of Plenty, and 'fine' across the South Island. Tomorrow, expect mostly 'fine' weather." Turns out replacing "fine" with "sunny" pretty much straightened everything out. Lucky for us, our 6 weeks in NZ consisted of many "fine" days. We ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North 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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