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Ulva Island

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May 15th 2006
This morning I got a boat to Ulva Island, which is 2km away from Stewart Island. Ulva Island is an open sanctuary and there are birds there that cannot survive on New Zealand's main islands. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Southland » Stewart 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