sperm whale off kaikoura

helpful camper hints & whaling!

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May 1st 2006
On the road again but this time in a campervan!!! say hello to vinnie volkswagen - our beast of a campervan (well converted tranny van) - it's ace - sod the tent camping lark juls & jingo'- we've moved up market, we're campervanners now ! Although our familiarisation and learning hasn't been without hickup - consequently volume 2 of "Helpful Camper Hints" (Volume 1 originally published in 93? in ... 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