Colonial Knob

Thoughts from Wellington....

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April 23rd 2009
Greetings everybody! I am now in Wellington preparing to leave North Island behind and head south across the Cook Strait. So what have been up to since my last update? I didn't get to skydive in Taupo unfortunately as the weather was pretty much solid overcast. The weather forecast for the next day was pretty bad to so we cut our losses and left. A bit annoying as the previous few days had ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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