Christine - one of the Overlander Crew

She and the rest of the team gave us a running commentary along the journey. Gems like how 130 merino sheep were first landed on Mana Island in the 1830s, and in the days when the train stopped at Paekakariki it was a rare occasion where the men pushed the women aside to get cups of railway tea.

CYCLE TOUR - END OF THE ROAD, FOR NOW

December 16th 2009
The Former Mike Brockie Arrives in Wellington You stood in the newsroom like a messenger from a sunnier land. Between a climb on a gravel road in the King Country and a tail-wind out of Lower Hutt you’d pedalled away a few decades of worry. All you carried - the sun lightly on your back, a mind clean and clear as a back-country moon. You were a modern who’d made the epic jou ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington Region » Wellington

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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