Kaikoura BBH Hostel

Continued travels

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November 23rd 2007
kIOORA Mates We have had our time in the North Island and now we are in Kaikoura in South island. To finish off our North trip, we spent 2 nights in Rotourua having fun in the Spa baths,then we travelled to the Tongeraro National park to do the crossing walk. What an awesome experience, the terrain was moonlike the smells were very sulphurous and the lakes were azure blue, what a blast. From ther ... 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