Straying Off Course Photo 22

Straying Off Course

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December 7th 2011
So I have finished my three weeks with the conservation volunteers and am now heading around the country on the Stray bus. My last two weeks with the other volunteers were definitely the best I have had since I left home mainly because I was with a massively fun group of people and travelling to different parts of New Zealand. I spent my second week in Punakaiki mainly planting trees and trying to ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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