Sharplin Falls

Methven and more exploring

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June 7th 2006
There has been somewhat of a delay in publishing this entry, purely because I have been unable to think of anything to write and, the longer I wait, the more hazy the details of my travels become! I have therefore decided that it would be better to display the photographs that I took on my journey now, without much of a written blog, and catch up with what I have been doing in Nelson for my next ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Canterbury Plains

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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