Franz Josef

New Zealand - South Island!

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March 17th 2009
After a very scenic and beautiful 3 hour ferry journey crossing through the cook straight and Queen Charlotte Sound we arrived in Picton in the South island. We carried on straight through into Nelson, driving through the Marlborough Vineyards, passing through a town called Havelock - ‘the green shell mussel capital of the world’. We stopped for lunch at Pelerous reserve to be temporarily att ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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