Marlbrough Sounds

New Zealand - Wine Country & Wellington

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November 25th 2009
Hawkes Bay - Napier As we went to bed we realised that the tent was a bit lose inside, but it needed to be taken apart and put back together, so we just left it. I said to Zo, ‘A long as it doesn’t rain, we should be fine.’ We had planed to get up a bit later, 9am, because we had had two early starts, have a nice shower and get on the road. The heavens opened in the night and it didn’ ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay

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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