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Intro to the South Island

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January 28th 2007
The next morning was ferry time. We took a 3 1/2 hour ferry from the North to South Island. That was a good sleep. We got into Picton and ran around for a while. There was an amazing park there that was fun to walk through. Then it was back to the vans for 2 hours more of driving... The drive was awesome; the coast of the North Island is the most mountainous I've seen so far; we drove crazy curvey ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson

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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