Goodbye Kaikoura June 26th 2008 When the bus pulled up in the familiar main street of Kaikoura a couple of weeks ago I was struck by how suddenly winter had fallen since I was away. The sky was a pale blue and the mountains were thickly powdered with snow. The air was so crisp and clear that I walked for an hour to the house with my rucksack rather than calling for a lift.
The weather here in winter is better in some ways tha ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura 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