Upper Hutt

Our first encounter with the glowworm

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November 21st 2009
We got up this morning and went and had our muffler welding this morning before we needed to get on the ferry. Since it didn’t take very long, we drove to Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt and tried to figure out where they had shot part of the Lord of the Rings. We walked through the park, and by a river. We couldn’t figure it out - movie magic must have happened. (Though looking through a book ... 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