Water Taxi

New Zealand

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May 22nd 2007
Day 3: Growing to Love the Bus This morning we were all up before the sun, and I managed to make a quick trip outside several minutes before our departure to catch the sunrise. The light was just coming up over one of the mountains behind the hotel, and the sleepy little houses and shops were bathed in a soft rose. Hammer Springs is not too terribly far from the tree line, and altho ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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