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Hokitika

Day 108 to 111 Abel Tasman, Queen Charlotte Sound and Kaikoura whales

May 2nd 2016
After seeing the glaciers, we headed north up the west coast stopping at a sweet little seaside town Hokitika, camping at a little further on in Greymouth. We’d been warned Greymouth was as it sounds a dull town, but on arriving quite late in the dark we had a lovely surprise to find our pitch was next to a path that led directly to a deserted beach…great. Our next plan was to have a long driv ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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