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Back On The Road

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June 9th 2009
I left Stewart Island. After 9 days I finally went to the post office/flight centre and bought a stand by flight (no way I was getting on that boat back to the mainland). There was no room on the midday flight so I had to take the 4:30 flight. We were put into a van and driven out of the town and up a big hill to a little lonely patch of tarmac. The plane was a Cesna 8 passenger plane with two pro ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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