Wellington Museum

North Island - Part 1

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March 27th 2011
Suzanne here... So, we've sadly left the South Island behind, and it's time to explore the North Island. We'd been camping for 28 nights straight in the south, and by rights should have been ready for a motel room. To be honest though, we'd have been quite happy to continue our run in the north. However, Wellington doesn't have any particularly convenient campsites, so we decided to get ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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