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North Island New Zealand

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February 28th 2015
We are now in the North Island having come across on the ferry today. However, before that we stopped in Picton on the South Island for 2 days. This is where the ferry goes from the South Island to the North Island and what a lovely place it is. We found a lovely campsite on the marina and yesterday we took a boat cruise all around the Marlborough Sounds. The trip we took was aboard the mail boat ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North 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