Cathy and Alan Oakly

SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND

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February 20th 2009
After seeing the penguins we drove on to Invercargill for the night and then spent the morning in the town museum and park, where we saw a 160 ancestor of dynosaurs, called Henry the tuatara. He has just become a father apparently. Then, after shopping, we went on to Riverton. Leaving Lys to sit in the sun I wandered round the harbour to take pictures. As I came back across the bridge a car pul ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago

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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