Mount Cook to Kaikoura Jan 13th - Jan 21st 181

Dunedin & The road to Kaikoura

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January 23rd 2009
Dunedin on a quiet Sunday afternoon, it was exactly what we needed after a fun-filled visit to Queenstown. We stayed in a gorgeous hostel which was a converted private hospital and was over 100 years old. Our room was huge, about 25x25 feet and we even had our own antique fireplace as a headboard. It also had a ghost which, we were as much warned as informed, appeared occasionally to guests during ... 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