View to the west from our cottage

Day 16 Thursday

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November 19th 2010
Day 16 Thursday 5.45 wake up call and then off to the interisland ferry terminal – well that was the idea, but we thought we would be clever and got on to the motorway expecting there to be an exit – but there wasn’t. Plenty of signs for towns north but none for the ferry! Oh well – just as well we left early. The sea was going to be “moderate” but anyone who knows Deb and ferry cros ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Motueka

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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