Kayaking

Abel Tasman National Park

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February 21st 2008
We were staying in Tekaka for our Abel Tasman visit... you can't stay in the NP but this is about as close as you can get. We got up at about 6 again on our first morning to go kayaking in the NP. We booked through a company and they took us from one beach about an hour from where we were staying and we then kayaked for about 7 miles to a really secluded bay and had a snack of cookies and orange j ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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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