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Where's Westport?

On a Saturday afternoon I cycled 14 kilometres looking for the heart of Westport. Eventually I found it, at the bowling club.
CYCLE TOUR - PONCHO & LEFTY

February 24th 2010
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY "These kiwis seem a friendly lot, until they get behind the wheel of a car." Ken, a Welsh cyclist met on the road near Murchison. He'd been cycling in NZ for eight days. VITAL STATISTICS Current Location: Hokitika. Distance Travelled: 3,775 kilometres. Maximum Speed: 64.8 kilometres, somewhere in the Wairarapa cycling downhill and with a t ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Westport

New Zealand Flag 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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