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Friday the 13th :-(

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April 12th 2007
We had an amazing drive from Marlborough to Kaikoura on Thursday - the road follows the coast most of the way and it had snowed overnight in the mountains so we had the coast on our left and snow capped mountains on our right. We arrived in Kaikoura and booked a dolphin trip for 8.30am the following morning and then checked into a place which had cabins at very reasonable rates. The weather up ... 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