Hector at Homer tunnel

Way down South

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March 6th 2009
March 5th Well where have we been for a week? we’ve been right down south, where the campsites either haven’t had electricity or internet connection, or we’ve been too tired at the end of busy days to do anything about writing the journal up. We went down to Stewart Island from Bluff. It’s an hour’s ferry trip in catamaran- very bouncy and choppy on the day we went. The weather is still ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Curio Bay

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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