New Plymouth Harbour

New Year, New Plymouth

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January 3rd 2008
Day 66 continued...Lovely New Plymouth By the time the bus arrived in New Plymouth, I was feeling quite nauseous and definitely not at all in the mood for lugging my heavy load up to the nearest YHA hostel, a joyous three kilometre trek uphill. I was about 500 metres away when a kind taxi driver pulled over and offered me a free ride for the rest of the walk. For once, I realised that it wasn't ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » New Plymouth

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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