Reunion

How NOT to find a seal

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June 16th 2007
I left Picton relieved to be finished cleaning. At my departure, I had graduated from washroom duty to cleaning the kitchen! Driving out of town, I pondered whether I was becoming too nomadic; a week in one place seemed like a long time. Thankfully, the stunning vistas stopped me from brooding too much and I started to enjoy driving the winding, empty highways once again. Fortune seemed to b ... 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