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View from the ferry to Wellington  
   

View from the ferry to Wellington

Picton - Wellington
New Zealand

September 19th 2009
It was during a brief look at our up-coming schedule that we had a sudden realisation that our original plan for New Zealand simply was not going to work. Trying to see both islands, starting and ending in Auckland was going to be near on impossible to achieve in three weeks. So we made a quick stop in an internet cafe and booked an extra flight to take us from Auckland to Queenstown in the sou ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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