A Kwia

this is the only parrot in the wrold that lives in a mountain climate! They are crazy, comes up to you and tries to eat your food, they are like city chickens! but for the mountains

East to west

February 10th 2006
Kate, Jo, Jordan and I decided to go from Christchurch to Grey Mouth on the west coast this weekend, innocent enough. We had to be in downtown Christchurch (a 45min bus ride) by 7am. Adventure number one: we get out there to wait for the bus and realize its Saturday and the busses don’t start running till 730! Um crap. So we just ended up calling a taxi and getting down there just fine, a littl ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast » Greymouth

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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