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Caleb's Blog

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September 30th 2010
I the morning we went to a peinguin colony we saw blue peinguins, chicks, hatchlings(newly hatched) and eggs. While were there we saw a very curious seal and a very grumpy sea lion. Wegotback on the road and we past Spingfield on the way to hanmer springs where we on a 4 person bike and Dad crashed it tiped to the right where i was sitting and i landed on a metal bar and got 7 small bruises on my ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Greymouth

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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