Ohau Falls

Day 16

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November 25th 2007
We received some last pointers on things we needed to do in the South Island from Liz and Warrick and said good bye to our gracious hosts before heading north. We stopped in Kaikoura to check out the resident seal colony and taste wine at a vineyard overlooking the sunny beach. We continued up the road and stopped at Ohau Bay to check out a water fall which can have seal pups at the base of the ... read more

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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