The view from the Boat Shed restaurant.

Small town New Zealand.

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November 20th 2006
I arrived in Nelson via water taxi (Portage to Picton) and Intercity coach (Picton to Nelson); I shared the water taxi with two German couples (the relevance of this will become clear later). At Picton I bumped into the Danish couple, John and Heidi, who I had met in the Bay of Islands. It was nice to hear what they had been up to; I think I will meet more and more people as I meet more and mo ... 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