View from Kaikoura lookout

New Zealand!

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June 10th 2007
Finally made it to New Zealand! My departure from Australia was surprisingly easy, I walked out of the hostel and straight onto a train that went straight to Sydney airport. Flight was ok, spent the last 20 minutes gawping out the window at the scenery. Landed in Christchurch and realised actually how cold it is here, on my first night it got down to -2! When I arrived at the hostel it turned ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson

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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