Dunedin Train Station

Day 16 - Dunedin

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November 18th 2008
We arrived into the Port Chalmers this morning. The port has the typical shipyard containers and stacks of trees prepped from nearby logging operations. Port Chalmers is the closest point to dock for Dunedin. Dunedin is the second largest city on the South Island of New Zealand and the principal city of the region of Otago. It is also New Zealand’s 5th largest city in terms of population. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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