Whale tail in Kaikoura

Touring the South Island - look who we found!

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April 4th 2007
Hi everyone. Hope you're all alright. We've had a busy couple of weeks since our last blog, starting with a 4 day canoe trip down the Wanganui River. It was absolutely beautiful, peaceful and oh so sunny for a change, and we even managed to break a couple of records by paddling 100km in 2 days, the fastest the hire company has ever had people do it in! It helped though that the river was fast flo ... 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