New Zealand Wk 5 - The end of the South Island Photo 25

New Zealand Wk 5 - The end of the South Island

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February 10th 2012
New Zealand – Wk 5 Monday 6th Feb A bright and sunny start to the day. Every intention today to go Salmon fishing so we are up and organised early and set off. On the way i detour along to Tata Beach to view the multiple landslides that have occurred along the route. These slips happened the week we arrived in NZ and were the result of torrential rain in the NW area of t ... 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