Picton

Picton

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April 21st 2006
Kaikora - 'To Eat Crayfish' was the first stopping point on my way up to Picton, and it was here that I realised how much I was going to like NZ. Dramatic scenery with small towns crammed into the valley floors. The further North we got the scenery just got better and better until I reched Picton. Just like Airlie Beach is the gateway to the Whitsundays to many NZ backpackers Picton is a gate ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Picton

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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