A day with the dolphins, also a big quake in NZ! Photo 4

A day with the dolphins, also a big quake in NZ!

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December 21st 2007
So lets start this blog traditionally, with a summary of the weather, pishing it down again, but we have decided just to get on with it, and continue as if the sun was shining, those pac a macs are getting a good airing! Today we went on a dolphin discovery tour of the Bay of Islands, with the hope of firstly finding them and then swimming with them. Well just as Graham and I were getting doub ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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