Ferry, Cross The Cook Straits! (Sung in a Gerry and the Pacemakers style)
December 18th 2006 Well here it is another blog. I've been off exploring this beautiful country again and this time headed out of the North Island. On Friday after work Rachel, who I met through the volunteer program, and I caught the ferry from Wellington to Picton. The evening was beautiful if a little cold and the sailing was calm. Glad of this as my stomach is not the best on the seas and I've heard crossings be
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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 
