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Otago Peninsula

Scotland in the South Pacific.....apparently

March 5th 2009
Despite the natural beauty of the Fiordland Naional Park, the constant rain had driven our camping experience down, and we were eager to find some sun (or no sun for that matter, as long as the ground wasn't like a swamp and we weren't kept up all night with the drumming of rain!) so we headed to the city of Dunedin, which is known as NZ's "Scottish city" as it is twinned with Edinburgh. As I hav ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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