Meeting-house, Maori village

Day 16-17

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June 13th 2006
Day 16: Napier-Rotorua At last, a day of really bad weather. Not that we’re complaining - we led a charmed life on the South Island in that respect, and today every major road that we travelled on down there is closed due to extreme conditions, exemplified by snow down to sea level on the east coast. Christchurch is like a winter wonderland, the east-west rail line is down, the airports are mos ... 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