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Kaikoura

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April 7th 2007
Whale Watch Day....it was amazing. We saw three Sperm Whales and a group of Dusky Dolphins. The Sperm Whales are absolutely massive, there about the size of a plane you'd fly on to go on holiday. They come up for about 15 minutes to take air in, then dive back down for 40 minutes to feed, then come back up for 15 mintues and so on. When the boats captain gets news of one coming up you bomb off ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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