Kaikoura & Picton Photo 5

Kaikoura & Picton

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May 13th 2009
I'm a little bit behind on the blogs again so a bit of catching up to do! I met a nice girl from Holland in Wellington and we've been off travelling round the East Coast of the North Island so I've not been able to get to a computer for a while. When I left Catherine & Adams I got on the Magic Bus up to Kaikoura. I really liked it there, it was really beautiful and scenic. I stayed in the YH ... 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