With Mabyn & Ngarita

NZ South Island Part 2

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June 1st 2010
OK, so we've already been back for 6 months but some of you have been kind enough to say you'd like to see the rest of our trip, so here it is! After Milford, we headed down to Riverton, spending a few days there with a lovely couple - Mabyn & Ngarita. Visited The Rocks, Riverton Museum, craft shops and fell in love with the gorgeous Trotter House (6 bedrooms on 3 acres and we would have had c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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