Whale spouting

Road trip to Blenheim

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September 19th 2007
Israel and I took a brief roadtrip on my days off this week. The main reasons for the trip were to do Whale Watch Kaikoura, find the black kite (a bird) in Blenheim and visit the Picton aquarium. On Tuesday morning we headed off early to Kaikoura. We were on the waiting list for Whale Watch (We were getting on at a heavily discounted rate, so the paying customers had priority) but managed to se ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Marlborough

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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