Lovely Wellies

Happy Valley and the Flying Fox

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February 27th 2011
Nelson is about an hour away from the top of the south island of New Zealand. It is on the coast and there is a a big shipping port there. It is a beautiful place with lots of clear crystal rivers running through it and lots of green parks. Just north of Nelson is a little place called Happy Valley where you can go and do more adventurous things. Happy Valley also has the biggest flying fox i ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region

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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