doing the Hongi with cheif

Mr and Miss-cheif..

---

June 15th 2009
The ferry crossing from Picton was pretty calm and we both had a little nap. Excitingly we managed to see a huge pod of dolphins swimming alongside the ferry and a Whale too although i could only get photographs of the splashes by the time i got outside! We were only in Wellington for one night to begin with but we managed to have a brief look around the museum in the morning and then went in sea ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

---

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