Russell

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December 21st 2007
Friday 21st December Longest day of the year. Today we headed for Russell, one time capital of New Zealand, one time Hell Hole of the Pacific, now sleeply little village full of craft shops and restuarants. Reached by ferry on a really efficiently run shuttle service it has some really beautiful houses fro colonial times, that and flowers and gorgeous gardens makes it a pretty place to while aw ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Russell

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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