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Abel Tasman National Park

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February 28th 2011
Well pretty amazing day today, just got back from a mammoth 12 hour trip. We got up at 6am to have some breakfast and to wait for the bus which would take us over to Kaiteriteri, at the outskirts of the Abel Tasman National Park (ATNP). It was quite a long ish drive, but the views were amazing as we wound our way round some very steep parts of the road. ... read more

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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