Wine Country

A big vineyard outside Blenheim.

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October 14th 2006
Marlborough, an area renowned for its great wine (especially Sauvignon Blanc), its green-lipped mussels, its Sounds (long fingers of water that stretch out of the northern coast), its sunshine hours (highest in NZ) and for having absolutely nothing to do with the tobacco industry. It also serves as the point of transition to the north island - ferries depart from Picton to Wellington (and vice ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Marlborough

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

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