Kaiteriteri beach

Water Taxi @ Abel Tasman National Park

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July 15th 2009
Day 86 (Wednesday 15/07/09, NJJ) Drove to Kaiteriteri. Booked Abel Tasman boat trip for couple hours later. Took a short walk in the sunshine. Went to a cafe for hot chocolate yum. Boarded the boat at 12.30pm. Saw 'Split Apple Rock', some fur seals, a bottlenose dolphin playing in the surf from the boat, and went to the Marine Reserve. Weather started great, turned grey, then great again later. L ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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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