Nelson Town festival

another celebration that we have gotten to enjoy on our travels

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Day 20 Wellington to Nelson(North Island to South Island)

February 7th 2010
It was a very early morning as we had to on the bus by 7:05. We got more sleep than expected with the crazy party that went on last night, but I was still quite tired. The interislander ferry left Wellington at 8:15am and was three hour journey to the South Island town of Picton. I slept most of the way on a bench seat in the bar area as did most of the other Kiwi passengers. Once we arrived i ... 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

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