Being Born

A change of mind

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June 12th 2007
From Invercargill we drove up to Dunedin via the Catlins coast, one of the least visited parts of the country. Unfortunately the wet weather meant that we couldn´t really see anything and the thousands of penguins/seals and whales all seemed to be out on a day trip somewhere so it was sort of a wasted journey. Dunedin was a cool place, a university town based on the same street layout as Edinburg ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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