Sheep are everywhere

Counting sheep

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November 11th 2019
A five hour bus ride from Christchurch to Twizel allows one to contemplate all sorts of things. What is different about the countryside is the number of livestock. Every field or pasture is full of sheep and their lambs or cattle and their calves. Occasionally a field is full of deer. I start to wonder how many sheep there are in New Zealand. A quick search on google reveals that there are 30 mill ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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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