Nelson/Picton 0005 Fine house Nelson

Nelson/Picton

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February 12th 2007
After the long drive from Humner Springs via Westport to Nelson and the last few days in South Island. Picton next stop for Ferry. Nelson was disappointing in it’s interest for me, managed to get diary fairly up to date I then moved to Picton to get the ferry to Wellington on the 15th Feb. Picton a pretty port, at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound, the gateway to the South or vice versa to W ... 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