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Beautiful and affluent Oriental Bay in Wellington. Nice cafes, good patios, cold beers. Gone however are the South American days of $2 lunches and $0.80 drinks. An afternoon here cost me over $35.

The Crossing - Wellington, New Zealand

September 3rd 2016
I had a brief stint in Wellington which is the capitol city of New Zealand. The 300,000 person metropolitan area lies on the southern coast in a sheltered harbour from the Cook Strait which separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The city is nice enough and I enjoyed my couple of days here; more so than Auckland. However, like all things New Zealand it is an expensive place. A couple ... read more

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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

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