Ireland to New Zealand 1874 When Ten-year-old Rebecca Kelly is sent to the dreary Derry workhouse she decides that this is not the life for her, so she steals a pony to ride it to Belfast. Rebecca is determined to join her brother, who is a sailor on the ship Queen of the Nations bound for New Zealand, but this is difficult for a young girl without a penny to her name. Rebecca must become a servant and earn her passage to the new colony.