Cook Strait

Having a Whale of A Time in Kaikoura

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January 21st 2006
My last day in Wellington - nearly three weeks ago now - was so simple, making sure that all my travelling belongings were safely packed and ready to be transported around the rest of New Zealand, after spending the last twelve weeks 'flatting'. With Walter working at the Paramount Cinema I visited him there to watch an early evening showing of 'Howl's Moving Castle', a fantastic Japanese animati ... 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