Costal wall near Westport

New Zealand - South Island

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January 13th 2014
The North Island has been completed and it was now onto the South Island which had a lot to live up to as we had already had such a good few weeks here. Getting to the South Island involved crossing the Cook Strait on a ferry which I was not looking forward to as my sea legs clearly didn't wake up this morning. Therefore I had to lay flat for the 3 hour duration, very sociable! Our first stop ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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