Dunedin - Nature All Around Photo 2

Dunedin - Nature All Around

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December 21st 2008
The boat landed us a Port Chalmers whose hills are dotted with more sheep than even the New Zealand clichés would have you believe. After three days at sea, we took our first opportunity to walk on land to make a quick journey to the back of the cruise ship so we could board a smaller boat for a nature discovery trip. Monarch Cruises did an amazing job of taking us out so we could get close up ... read more

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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