View from the ship of Milford Sound

December 16th

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December 17th 2008
Dunedin, New Zealand, South Island - December 16th - 6:45pm Lee and I set the alarm for 7:00am as we were going to run into town to see if we could do the bungy jumping thing. Lee told me to get up at 7:10am but I wasn’t going anywhere. We eventually got up at 8:00am and figured we’d stop in on the way and see if there was room, if not then we’d do it next time. I was up from about 6:00am t ... 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