Abel Tasmen

Stage 22

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March 5th 2008
On the way here from Kaikoura, some of has had to have a one night stop over in Nelson as the bus was too full to go all the way. There's not much to see apart from a marker on the top of a hill, depicting the geographical center of NZ. The six of us who stayed in Nelson got on the bus the next day to find that all the dorms were full in the only camp in Abel Tasmen (which is a national park) and ... read more

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

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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