Coming in towards Picton along Queen Charlotte Sound

Moving Islands and setting the record straight....

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August 23rd 2009
Sunday morning turned into a bit of a scramble for getting the ferry. It seems that since I have arrived in New Zealand I have taken on a much more relaxed attitude to travelling, I think it is mainly down to everything being so much more like home and therefore easy over here. Anyway I was still sat having my breakfast at 9am which was fine apart from we had to be at the ferry terminal for 9.25 ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Picton

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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