Abel Tasman - Separation Point March 9th 2013 Five hour hike to Separation Point. More sun, sea, rays (both of the swimming and the shining kind), heat, dust, landslips, beaches, and the odd playful seal or two. ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park 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
The wanderer is changing base. A desire is being realised. The UK will no longer be the wanderer's base.
From January 2019, Te Wai Pounamu in Aoteroa becomes the wanderer's home base.
A wee city named Ĺtautahi in a place more recently named Canterbury will be home.
(also known as Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand)... full info