Botanics

Still in the Campervan and still no fall outs!!!

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March 15th 2010
We continue to find more and more amazing things to do in New Zealand- There seem to be no end to them but unfortunately we just do not have time to do them all and we have already decided that we will come back to New Zealand- I'm afraid it is too late to emigrate, and anyway, we could not leave our precious family and friends as we miss them so much! So there is nothing for it but to return, ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington » Martinborough

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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