Our adorable cottage and my tramping pals

Tramping Around New Zealand

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March 17th 2008
I'm in love! In love with New Zealand!! It's so ME! All outdoorsy activities in the most beautiful natural scenery, lush green fields and mountains line the coast, white sheep dotting the greenery, wineries galore, great restaurants hidden away everywhere and the most friendly down-to-earth wonderful smiling people! The curvy coastal drive to the Banks Peninsula in a small shuttle van brou ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Banks Peninsula

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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