Where the Hokitika River meets the Tasman Sea - the sight of a lot of shipwrecks

Hokitika - super pretty glacial waters

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October 21st 2018
Hokitika is a cute little artsy town, near an amazing blue gorge colored by water from glaciers. Both were fantastic...it's still hard to believe that water color is real! ... 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