Cute baby seal

Sperm Whales, Seals and Sandflies

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August 9th 2007
There are two ways to go from the North Island to the South Island, the first is by plane and only takes 20 minutes, the second is by Interislander ferry and takes about 3 hours. I'd been told that the Cook Strait can be a notoriously bad crossing, I never get seasick but i do have a bit of a thing about big ferries. Even on the Dover to calais crossing i'll sit on deck or at least next to the s ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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