Shakespear connection

Driving to New Plymouth

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January 13th 2010
Time to leave Kaiteriteri and its beatiful sandy beach, and head back to the north island. This is going to short. It's not a short trip however, but having got back to Nelson airport, and flown back to Wellington with just as much ease and comfort as the outward flight, there was a 5 hour drive ahead of me to New Plymouth. New Zealand roads serve their purpose. There is little dual carriag ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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