Banks Peninsula

Banks Peninsula to Herbert

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September 3rd 2008
Feeling tired we were out of bed by about 10 and cooked up some breakfast in the camp kitchen. We were on the road by midday and headed south down the coast. We stopped for lunch in Timaru and bought some more supplies. We then drove another 200km down the road and stopped just short of Dunedin in a free campsite which was empty. We then proceeded to play Frisbee and football in the rain, Marks AT ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Methven

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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