Kaikoura beach

Family Holiday to NZ South Island.

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October 5th 2008
Hi, After spending a relaxing week on the South Island with the inlaws, we wanted to share some of our favourite moments. We've had fantastic weather for the best part of the week and what with the South Island being notorious for its four seasons in one day, well yep, we experienced that too. Whale watching at Kaikoura has to be the highlight of the hol for us all. We were fortunate enough ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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