Mount "Doom"

New Zealand: North Island

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March 12th 2010
Wellington With our time up on New Zealand's South Island, we made our way North on the interislander ferry from Picton to the capital, Wellington. En route we passed through the Marlborough Sound, an impressive selection of islands and inlets, worthy of the ferry fare alone. Here James had a close shave, as he took his T shirt off to lie in the sun, only for it to blow away... If it h ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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