Castlepoint

And onto the South Island

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March 10th 2015
Decided on a day at a place called Castlepoint, it's on the east coast of the North Island and probably took us roughly two hours to get there. The road was good but very windy as we have come to expect of this country. I have to say on arrival we could barely open the car door it was so windy and being on a beach the sand was whirling around us. We made our way over and climbed upto the lighthous ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Picton

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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