Flying the flag

Farewell New Zealand

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January 26th 2010
I will leave New Zealand tomorrow morning, so today is my last full day here. I stayed in a quiet camp site at Kairakiri last night, spending my last night in the van. This site was just a short walk through a pine forest to the Waimakariri river estuary and 95% of the plots were used by permenent caravans and convertables. This is the kind of peace and simple life I appreciate in this country - n ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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