Beach rest area

Day 80: A Quiet Day

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February 17th 2011
The Canadians left before I came out of my room to eat breakfast. I was sorry not to have had a chance to say goodbye to them. I did speak to them in passing, seeing them in the breakfast area, as I went from my room to the restroom. It had been a chilly night, and I told them that I had a new theory: that New Zealand was really just a couple of icebergs calved off from Antarctica, ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whitianga

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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