Picton ferry, Marlborough

Going North

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April 23rd 2008
My departure from Kaikoura happened very quickly, in many ways I was sad to leave. I'd felt like I was ready to go for a while, but I'd settled in there and was starting to feel almost like a local (well, almost). I will be back there in roughly a month, but I don't know yet how long I will stay. I'm going to miss Max and Kd, having lived with them for over four months and become very involved in ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wairarapa

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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