very tame birds.... this one kept rooting through my handbag!!

Stewart Island!

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February 21st 2009
Hello again!! Stewart Island is just south of the South Island and is New Zealands third largest island. The ferry took just under an hour I think and was a little bit bumpy... we noticed they were handing out ear plugs which we thought was a bit strange as noone was really going to go to sleep but it turns out thats a crazy sea sickness trick... put an ear plug in your dominant ear and it actu ... 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