Wellington, Napier & The East Coast Adventure! Photo 5

Wellington, Napier & The East Coast Adventure!

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May 20th 2009
Hello As promised here is the latest blog for my time in Wellington, Napier & my East Coast Adventure...... After I got off the ferry in Wellington I got the free Interislander bus to the train station and then went across the road to the Downtown Backpackers. I was a bit dissapointed when I first got there. It was very big, a bit dirty, the duvets smelt and there was a very strange girl h ... 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