View of the Sound

The Surf Highway

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April 29th 2006
Hello everyone! I hope life is good at home, where ever that may be! Since the last time I wrote I have come back to the North Island of New Zealand. Before I hopped over to the North Island I spent three days walking the Queen Charlette track in the Marborough sound. The first day the weather was shit, in rained the whole time so I ran most of the way. It's a pretty easy walk because there is a b ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waikato » Hamilton

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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