Fire Poi

Heading North

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April 4th 2006
Well it was an early rise....5am to be precise....packed up my trusty car.....bumped into a few late night (early morning) drunken souls.... and said farwell to Christchurch. I watched the sunrise over the mountains at Kaikoura and then stopped to have breakfast at the seal colony. Still recovering from the night before the night before (getting old you know!) I managed to have a wee nap at Picto ... 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