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Christchurch and sheep ranch

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February 20th 2017
We left Punakaiki early in the morning traveling back over the southern alps on our way from the west to the east coast to Christchurch before our flight to Wellington. The south island’s west coast is very sparsely populated and as a result, one of my lingering memories of New Zealand’s south island is not only the breathtaking beauty, but the almost nonexistence of any watercraft of any kind ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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