Abel Tasman beaches

Very random places and activities in New Zealand

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March 4th 2006
Right - I'm back in civilisation. Have been to visit "Old Macdonald" on a farm in the midlle of nowhere and some very strange locals in "barrytown". Both were very small places filled with villagers whose main passtime seems to be to perv over the young girls who come in on the backpacker buses. Old Macdonald was particulalry bad and growled "ooo ahhhh I'll be waiting for you" every time he saw an ... read more

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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