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Wellington to picton

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February 3rd 2011
So, after the mountain crossing, and delays with the weather etc we decided we should try a new tactic for south island. We boarded the bus from the national park and headed southwards to wellington, which was about a 5 hour bus ride with a change over in Bull, now bull is a little village where the word bull has to be used on everything, eg consta-bul, (for a police station. collecta-bull (for a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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