Kaiteriteri itself

Tapu Bay

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February 14th 2009
An old workmate & good friend of mine, Katrina, comes from the top of the South Island. For the last few years she's invited me to go stay with her parents, but I've never been able to due to work. Until now. Yay for choose-your-own-hours jobs. On the 30th we drove from Christchurch to Kaiteriteri, via the Lewis Pass. It was a fairly uneventful drive, stopping for lunch at Springs Junction & a ... 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