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Day 36 Interislander ferry to the South Island Kms driven: 120

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December 2nd 2013
So off to the South Island today. Everyone keeps telling us that this is the beautiful one of the two but I am finding it hard to believe that it can trump what we have already seen. We are taking the ferry between the two islands as the journey is supposed to be spectacular as it travels through the Marlborough sound. We had a bit of a worry earlier in the trip when Ian got an email saying that t ... 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