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Invercargill to Stewart Island

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April 12th 2007
Stewart Island is New Zealand's third and southern-most island (as close to the South Pole as you are likely to go). It is relatively small and remote but teems with native birds, forest walks and wildlife. We got up this morning with every intention of going to Stewart Island on the ferry from Bluff, just south of Invercargill. Unfortunately, the howling winds that Josh and I experienced at Sl ... read more

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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