Day 27 - Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, South Island, NZ - A Taste of France
December 15th 2013 Sunday 15th December, 2013. Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, South Island, NZ - A Taste of France
As we had now got a tour and accommodation booked for tomorrow we decided that we could afford a lazy housekeeping day today. We did another load of laundry and then had breakfast. We decided that we would spend the day walking around the town, taking in the French feel and enjoying the good weather. Howev
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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 
