NZ day 12 025

NZ Day 12

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May 13th 2011
NZ day 12 So, I didn’t sleep well, ate toast for breakfast (as recommended by Nat) & took drugs....oh did I mention that I panicked- all night & all morning....and for the hour or so that we waited to purchase our tickets......& then did a double panic when they had up against our trip- sea sickness alert!!! Far flippin out- are they trying to make you cancel or what???? Apparently (after intens ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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