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Whale watching in Kaikoura

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July 12th 2007
We got up about 8.30 this morning (well I got up at 8 and Anna got up at 9 so we'll call it 8.30!) and were thrilled at the thought that we had bought bread,jam,marmite and coffee the night before so we could have breakfast in a nice clean kitchen!We were still a little bemused as to where our small pea-headed friend had gone,and had to keep remembering that we had departed at Aukland airport the ... 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