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Thursday 29/1/15

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February 1st 2015
Thursday 29/1/15 Wellington to Pohara. Ferry to South Island today. Really pleased that it was a calm sail and lovely views as we came towards Picton through narrow inlets. We then decided, perhaps foolishly, that the scenic route to Nelson looked like a shortcut!!Anyway it was scenic. We arrived in Pohara at 7.50pm, checked into our Beachfront Motel (we can ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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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