New Zealand - A Common Site

New Zealand - A little North, a little South

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February 5th 2011
On a gloomy, grey, rainy morning, we woke up on our final day in South America reflecting on an incredible seven weeks through three amazing countries, hardly believing it had truly come to an end, but excited to enter the next phase of our around-the-world tour – New Zealand and Australia! Of course, just getting to that phase of the trip would be a long and exhausting process. After hearin ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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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