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Blog #26 – Picton (again), Winery Tour,& New Years

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January 13th 2011
Blog #26 – Picton (again), Winery Tour, Plimmerton & New Years Dec 29 – 31, 2010 After we took Emily to the airport, Susan, Jim and I continued on our way, heading for Picton and the ferry to the North Island the following day. We headed east out of Nelson and ran into a road barrier (not literally) and a Highways employee telling everyone that that road to Picton was washed out due to the ext ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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