Lyttleton - the harbour for Christchurch 0F7D127E-DE55-46D7-AAF0-5812C37D4734.

Lyttleton - the harbour for Christchurch

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October 27th 2022
Wha a day! We were docking as we woke this morning. After a leisurely breakfast up in the cafe we prepared ourselves and went ashore - today was so much better organised than yesterday. We were able to just walk off. We weren‘t able walk to town though, it is a working dock and we had to be bussed off. So we caught the complimentary shuttle to the local bus stop for a local bus to take us to the ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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