Worcester, England?

Christchurch and on to Lake Tekapo

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October 13th 2008
Ross: A further couple of hours down the coast from Kaikoura is Christchurch, a fairly large but surprisingly English city, with a lovely park to the west called Hagley Park, and a massive beach on the east coast called Brighton Beach. We arrived as dusk was drawing in so headed straight for a campsite in South Brighton on the spit of land between the estuary and the beach. After eating macaron ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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