Wellington & Putangirua Pinnacles

We spent quite a lot of our time in Wellington in Te Papa museum! There's just so much to see there and we were eager to absorb as much about Maori history as possible. We have been learning a lot about the history of first nation/aboriginal peoples in the countries we've been too and New Zealand seems to have taken a different trajectory to Canada, USA and Australia. Learning about how the Maori have been treated by the British and ultimately the Pakeha is sobering, but at the same time we saw the fantastic celebrations of Maori culture on Waitangi day and hope for the future.Read more