Pancake Rocks 4

Travelling West

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September 3rd 2005
Great journey today - travelling west. Stopped en-route at Punakiaki to visit the Pancake Rocks and Blow Holes - not the right weather/tidal conditions to see the Blow Holes in action, but the rocks are very impressive nevertheless! Stopped the night in Westport and enjoyed watching the Kiwis thrash the Wallabies to win the Tri Nation! Were included in the activities by the locals who enco ... 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