Onetahuti / Tonga Beach

Abel Tasman in Winter

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July 20th 2015
My buddy Dan and I completed about 3/4 of the Abel Tasman Track from Awaroa to the southern entrance of the track at Marahau. We walked 4 hours the first day and 7 the second day. We spent one night at the Bark Bay hut. It would have been nice to do the whole thing, but we were short on time because we had so much to see. Walking Conditions Dan had arrived from the States the evening ... 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