Down Down Deeper and Down.....I do believe those are song lyrics!!

Hokitika...not exactly a party town!!!

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March 3rd 2009
2nd March 2009 - Quiet day and Evening Sunset!! We arrived in Hokitika at around lunchtime. It seemed like a very quiet town. Bigger than Arthurs but as the sun was shining we wanted something more to do than sit inside and read....Hokitika didn’t offer it!! The biggest attraction was a clock and it wasn’t anything like Big Ben! Our hostel was weird too. It was above a Jade shop (town famous f ... 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