Foxton Beach

Back to the North Island

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December 12th 2009
This morning we got up and went back to the wineries we wanted to buy wine from. We ended up getting the dessert wine from Villa Maria, and a 2008 Riesling "M" from Te Whare Ra. We continued north toward Picton and had some time before we needed to board the ferry. We had run out of books, so we found a bookstore (which had the second and third book of the Millenium Triology by Stieg Larsson) ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington Region

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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