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Contiki Day 8 - The South Island

February 7th 2008
This day we took the inner-island ferry that took us from Wellington through Marlborough Sound and Cook Strait to Picton, in the South Island. On the ferry I mostly chatted with other people, and showed a bunch of friends all the pictures I had on my computer, including my Contiki Europe pictures! Once we arrived in Picton, we had a pretty long drive to Christchurch but it was a rather beautifu ... read more
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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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