Kaikoura

Swimming with Seals on my birthday!!

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February 15th 2009
Wow, swimming with seals in the South Pacific Ocean for my birthday!! More on that later.... My parents are visiting New Zealand for 6 weeks. They are in their mid-70's, but very sprightly, and since my Dad brought me up to believe that the only good vacation is one where you FIT EVERYTHING IN and NO RESTING ALLOWED, well, it's coming back to haunt him now. He also believes in FUN FUN FUN and ... 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