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Kaikoura

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October 12th 2008
Polly: Everyone said that the South Island was the place to go for "scenery", but up until now I thought the North Island was pretty spectacular. However, driving away from the ferry terminal in Picton, the road twisted around vineyard after vineyard. State Highway 1 turned into an amazing coastal road, winding around the farmland with snow-capped mountains in the distance. The coast was fai ... 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