Mount Victoria

In Windy City

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January 28th 2018
Wellington is known as the Windy City because situated where it is at the bottom of North Island right next to the Tasmen Strait separating North and South Islands it is exposed to the weather funnelling through the two land masses. It is the Capital city of New Zealand but only since 1865 and it was selected instead of Aukland as it was feared that the S. Island would claim independence so Wellin ... read more

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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