Beach side in Abel Tasman

Christine soaking up the scenery and the sunshine.

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March 6th 2007
We fly out to Australia on 7 March. It will need to be good because New Zealand is a very tough act to follow. The South Island has far fewer people but most of the jaw-dropping scenery, from Abel Tasman National Park where we hiked and did some kyaking, then through Punakaiki where we lived in the most laid back hostel in the middle of a 'rainforest', on to Franz Josef to walk on the glacier and ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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

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