GP South Crater, Tongariro Crossing

February 2016: Visitors and MORE tramping

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February 17th 2016
Lately I've been doing more things, but haven't been updating this blog. I'll start with early February when Paul and I had our first American visitors, Carrie and Greg Wingert. We were lucky enough to have them choose New Zealand as the location for their Honeymoon and they even spent some time with us. They were, in fact, the first people we even invited into our apartment here. Needless to say ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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