Ferry Breakfast

Travelling South

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May 27th 2011
Geo: -42.4023, 173.681Renee and I said goodbye to the North Island and hopped the ferry from Wellington to Picton. The journey takes about 3 hours and goes out of the water by Wellington, across the Cook Straight and into the South Island. As it was very windy and rainy, we did not sit on the top deck. Instead we found a seat right at the front of the ship in the food court. Our ferry w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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