Getting Dirty

Greymouth ATV

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March 18th 2007
We had our first real rain experience in Reefton. It rained more or less all week. The town river swelled considerably, completely covering the gravel bed that we saw when we first arrived. On Thursday, I took off for a serious ride in the mountains. It had been raining hard all day but my wet weather gear performed admirably. My first stop was Black's Point Museum, a couple of kms outside of ... 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