Tiaki waving goodbye as he goes back down for food!

Free Willy!!

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April 16th 2006
Today we got up early at 7 as we had to be down at the 'whaleway' station ready to check in for our sperm whale experience!! We started off by heading 7 miles off shore til we found our first 18m Sperm whale..Tiaki!! They only come up for about 10minutes every hour for a quick bit of air so we had to be quick. He floated there quite happily in front of us and a few other boats as we all took plen ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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