P1030367 - boarding cards for ferry

Moving from North Island to South Island

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March 10th 2010
Day 35 - Wed March 10th Today was the day we were travelling from the North Island to the South island, so we turned up early at the ferry terminal, collected our boarding cards, which were different coloured bits of plastic and then headed into town to have a walk round the parliament building which looks like a bee hive. We were also on the hunt for a café with free wi-fi as internet prices ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Blenheim

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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