Madeleine, Doug and Stefan

Napier to Gisborne

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December 19th 2008
Napier to Gisborne Written Saturday 20th December 2008 Captains Log: (Seafarers) Left Napier 1430hrs Sunday, 14 December with 55 litres of fuel on board and a forecast of 15 knot north easterlies. Headed due east for 9 hours at 5 knots. Went southeast around the bottom of the Portland Islands and set a northerly course for the next six hours. Arrived Gisborne 0900hrs Monday, 15 December. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Gisborne

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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