SDC12045

Picton to Auckland

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May 26th 2011
Here is the very delayed New Zealand blog, we wrote this whilst in New Zealand but very quickly so apologies for the quality. We'll put a Fiji blog up in the next few days! We left Kaikoura and got the bus up to Picton, our last stop on the south island. We arrived at our hostel and set off on a walk up along the water front which had great views over the Marlborough sounds. We arrived back ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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