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South Island Tour

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March 3rd 2021
Lyn and I, not being able to visit Pip, Stu and Grandchildren in Singapore this year, decided to do a South Island tour going to places we hadn't been to or revisiting places we had seen many years ago. First stop: on the Inter-islander ferry, Kaiarahi, to Marlborough with friends Ruth and Karen and Ruth's dog, Toby, stuck in the hold in a kennel while we pigged out on hot chips up above (among ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South 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