We get up and it is still cold and rainy. We go out for breakfast and book a bus tour that will take us to Cape Reinga, drop us off and pick us up a few days later. Then decide to take a ferry to Russell, the city where the Waitangi Treaty (between English and Maori people) was signed. It was the first capital of NZ for one year until it was moved to Wellington. The Maori (mow, like cow - ree), like the American Indian basically got screwed out of their land (isn’t that what usually happens to native people). Russell is a quaint little seaside town. We go to the museum, see a giant fig tree at the police station, which is also the police officer’s house. We see the Duke of Marlborough hotel,
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