Glow worms

January 20th

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January 30th 2009
Today we drove from Hokitika up to Westport stopping at the Pan cake rocks along the way.We checked into our hostle and then headed up to Karamea so I could show Chris and Kim the caves and Limestone arch in the Oparara basin. We were lucky because there was really nobody there to bother us so we got time to take a few good picures in the caves with the glow worms. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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