Rob on a bad morning

Kirsty and Rob down under

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October 24th 2006
Hello one and all from NZ! We have finally gotten over the upside down feeling and can sit at a computer to lay down our travels over the past few weeks. It's not even been three weeks that we've been here but seems like alot longer, as usually happens when you come to a new place I guess. So far we've had a whirl wind tour of the North Island and are now in a place called Nelson in the North o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson

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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