Quick....escape....

p p p p pick up a penguin

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July 14th 2006
North Island here we are. Well, we landed, or docked in at Wellington, the capital of NZ. We spent a couple of nights here, but to be honest were pretty glad to move on. It's amazing that we come from a city as big as Leeds, but now we just want to get away from big cities, full of people and traffic. We head up the east cost to our 1st stop....Napier. A mid size town, besides the sea. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Napier

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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