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Lake Tekapo

Chukar

March 19th 2008
New Zealand has a lot of introduced animals. Some were brought here for hunting, like rabbits and deer; some were brought for often-misguided attempts at pest control, like the little birds and ferrets; some were brought for nostalgic reasons, like swans; and some were brought for no good reason at all, like wallabies and frogs. Most of the introduced species are now pests to varying degrees, from ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

New Zealand Flag 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
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