shanty town tart and barman

christchurch to pookaki

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August 10th 2005
Hi Well we are writing from a log cabin in the town of hokitika on the west coast. Staying at a camp site right on the beach. Plane journey over here was fine, but very cloudy and so now sight seeing on the way. Landed in Christchurch and picked up the van, compact but has almost everything you could need (a few thousand dollars is missing from the glove box). Travelled from chrstchurch to pu ... 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