The west coast

South Island gorgeousness

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March 31st 2009
On the bus for the Abel Tasman National Park, the weather deteriorated somewhat, and by the time we reached our home for the next few nights, the very outdoorsy and pretty basic Old MacDonald's Farm in Marahau, things were pretty grey and drizzly. Thankfully by the morning, things were a bit brighter. Myself and Lucie, a Liverpudlian from the Stray bus, took a water taxi up the coast, passing the ... 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