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The Hitching Odessy

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July 10th 2008
New Zealand from North to South Part 1 North Island Tutukaka to Cape Reinga and back 19th/20th January I had already been in New Zealand for a fews months but I only started hitching in Tutukaka. I bused my way from Christchurch to Wellington, then got a mix of lifts and buses to Whangerei. From there I needed to get to Tutukaka, a tiny place on the east coast of the North Island from whe ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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