Dunedin train station

Dunedin

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March 12th 2008
After the Catlins we were on the way to Dunedin. On the first day, we wondered around town and had lunch but because it was raining we didn't spend too much time walking about. On the second day we went to the Yellow Eyed Penguin Conservation Reserve on the Otago Peninsula- these are the rarest breed of penguin in the world with their numbers only at 4,500. The reserve is spread accross a section ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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