Dunedin

Milford Sound

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April 4th 2007
WE've done a lot of driving since the last blog and Mount Cook. We hot-footed it down to Dunedin, where we visited museums and had the van repaired! Nothing serious, just no lights and electricity, so had to stay an extra half day while someone found the ghost in the machine. Dunedin is very small, like Durham, and on the day we stayed there was a cruise ship in port, an unusual event, so the pla ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound

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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