Sorting Sheep at Akaroa Farm tour

Akaroa

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March 29th 2007
Akaroa, on the Banks Peninsular east of Christchurch, was largely settled by the French and continues to have a French-style feel to it. (The French street names are original but I think the flags are just for the tourists.) The British prevented the French from claiming Akaroa by only 3 days by signing the Treaty of Waitangi with the Maori and posting a warship there to emphasise the contra ... 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