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Along the Queen Charlotte Track

Sound to Sound: Marlborough to Puget

May 4th 2007
At the beginning of our trip, we might have anticipated that by the beginning of Week 9 in one small country, we might be pretty weary and ready even for that interminable jet ride home. But, instead, we were eager to keep going and to soak up as much more of New Zealand’s South Island as we could in the last seven days. The week began in Marlborough, a region on the northern coast edged by an ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Marlborough » Queen Charlotte Sounds

New Zealand Flag 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
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