Able Tasman National Park

Abel Tasman National Park

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December 19th 2002
Marahau is a small village tucked on the edge of the Abel Tasman National Park. Due to arriving at short notice all the huts for the Abel Tasman Track were booked out over the next few nights - I wouldn’t be able to walk the three day hike, billed as one of the best in New Zealand. Anders, Joe and I wanted to walk on the track so paid for a water taxi 25km up the coast and then walked back to Ma ... read more

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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