David & Moeraki Boulders

New Zealand 6

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December 18th 2008
Day 30 - Saturday 13th The weather forecast is for a warm and sunny day. We wake to an overcast sky and cool temperatures. We decide to have a drive-free day so it’s a late breakfast and a slow walk downtown. We pass Otago University. Crowds of undergraduates and their families attend the passing out ceremonies, mortar boards to the fore. The Otago Museum is nearby so we enter to check th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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