Red Tarn Pools

This is the view we were rewarded with at the end of the Red Tarns track. Uninterrupted views of Mount Cook, Sefton and the many glacial fingers which streamed down the near vertical slopes.

The Beautiful South - Dunedin to Christchurch

September 17th 2006
Hugging the shoreline of Otago Harbour we weaved our way along the 35km finger of land to the very tip at Taiaroa Head. In howling wind we got out and got blown a little way down to a viewpoint overlooking the Pacific and onto a rugged cliff face where scores of nesting seabirds such as Oystercatchers, Spotted Shags and gulls battled with the wind. Although we were not lucky enough to see any as t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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

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