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On the Beach

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February 18th 2007
Someone asked me a few days ago if I felt I was somewhere else. Well, I'm certainly in a place I've never been to, seeing incredible sights, but nothing I've couldn't picture in my mind. Sure, seeing it was a totally different experience, but I wasn't supprised by snowy mountains, for example. This has changed when I got to Wharariki beach. You have to walk like 15 minutes through some coastal ve ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Golden Bay

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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