Our Alpaca neighbours!

Molesworth station

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March 3rd 2014
Hi everyone - now in South Island. Before we left North Island we spent the day at Te Papa Museum, Wellington. Last time we were here we did the three lower floors this time we started at the top and did the other 3 floors - an amazing museum dedicated to Maori history, early settlers and pioneers as well as the fauna, flora and geology of New Zealand. We got there at10.00 and left for lunch at ... 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