Come on you Pheonix

Wellington

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October 9th 2012
Bus to Picton then the beautiful ferry across to windy welly, managed to get the last bed in base backpackers and met some lovely people over the 5 nights spent in the room. Learnt a lot from them about travel in Australia and some of the places in New Zealand as well. Only planned to spend a couple of days seeing the sights of Wellington but a bit too much fun in the first couple of nights mea ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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