Kaikoura

Kaikoura - Day 17 & 18

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March 24th 2007
Wow that was a long travel day... After two bus changes and the beautiful scenery of some of NZ's finest wine country, we arrived at 8pm in Kaikoura located on the south island's east coast. Since we arrived after dark we had no idea what to expect in the morning and were pleasantly surprised by the mountains and the sea. We woke up and used the free hostel bicycles (kinda junky, but we were assu ... 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