The wind in Half Moon Bay had abated a bit in the afternoon,

It is Blowing a Stormforce Gale in Oban,Stewart Island

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May 5th 2021
We went to bed last night with a starlight sky and calm conditions. At sometime in the dark night all that changed with wind that sounded of storm force speed. The ‘Kiwi’ bach held together although at times as the wind howled we wondered whether we might have to go to the bottom of the cliff over the path up from the village to pick up what might have been left of it. The wind abated a b ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Stewart Island » Oban

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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