Jen boulders

To Dunedin

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March 10th 2007
Early start for the long drive from Kaikoura to Dunedin. We actually managed to be on the road by 8am. Jen did the first stint of driving through glorious morning sunshine as we twisted along roads right by the sea. I was lucky enough to see several dolphins porpoising by a small boat out to sea. The road turned inland and snaked through mountainous valleys in which the clouds nestled. At one poi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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