Gary MACs

Wee Wee Bro does NZ Part 3 - South Island and back

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March 13th 2010
Sunday 8th November WELLINGTON TO PICTON (SOUTH ISLAND) We got up early - had a quick go on the campsite's giant trampoline to wake us up and headed for the Interislander ferry which would take us over the Cook Strait to New Zealand's South Island, through the Marlborough Sounds to Picton. To say I was excited driving Willie on to the ferry was an understatement. I was child once more ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Blenheim

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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