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The North Island

December 10th 2008
We mentioned in one of our previous blog, our trip to Marlborough wine region. We made a little video blog of it but we've had trouble putting it on so, until we manage to sort it out, I'll give a brief summary of it. We hired bikes, we drank free wine, we got drunk. We were booked on to the Cook Straight (the stretch of water separating North and South island) ferry the next afternoon, so af ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

New Zealand Flag 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
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