carter's beach

Good-bye Westport!

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January 29th 2010
finished up 2 weeks of work in westport .... a wonderful time! i will miss this place and hope to come back to work. jeff was on call our last night here so we stayed home, took in our last sunset at carter's beach and watched episode 6 of Flight of the Conchords. this weekend we will drive along the west coast of the south island toward tuatapere which is about 900km away. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Westport

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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