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NZ days 15 & 16

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May 17th 2011
NZ day 15 & 16 Aahhh- the serenity- how’s your serenity? Ours is good to thanks. We left Nelson on Mon morning after a wee little bit of shopping- gotta love bargains. We then headed back to Blenheim & a much nicer drive it was- no water falls across the road & the land slips had been cleared- which was a good thing as we were now competing for road space with the semis again ( they had been qui ... 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