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Happy Heaphy

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February 14th 2007
The Heaphy great walk (and one of the most popular hikes in New-Zealand) is a relatively easy but long one, about 80 km between Golden bay to the west coast. On the official information sheet they say it's a 4 to 6 days walk, easily done in 5 a day, with most hikers doing it in 4. We've done it in 3 days. It wasn't really planned, but as the first day was surprisingly easy and quite boring, we j ... 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