Penguins - Kelly Tarlton

Just one of the "herd" today in NZ!

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December 1st 2007
Kia ora: New Zealand is so different from Australia, very narrow passages where literally the Pacific Ocean is on one side and the Tasman Sea on the other. Very lush, lots of rain, but not while we are here. First we went in our lovely coach bus for a ride into the country after leaving Aukland, the largest city out of both North and South Island. We stopped at a dairy farm (3rd generation) wh ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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