Kaikoura

Whale meet again (the return of the whalehunt)

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December 11th 2005
8.12.05 We arrived in Kaikoura (we've come here because it's home to the sperm whales and various other species of whale that migrate through Kaikoura aswell) had a walk around the town, one street, really nice though. Got booked into a site near town and made our for sale sign for the van. We met a nice English couple, had our tea and then went for a walk on the pebble beach constantly looking ... 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