Banks Peninsula

Akaroa, Banks Peninsula

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February 21st 2009
Banks Peninsula, Akaroa 8th February 2009 Our 'big' day whilst staying at Christchurch was spent driving to the Banks Peninsula to Akaroa, where we boarded a boat for a dolphin watching/swimming trip. The boys opted to watch only, whilst us girls donned wetsuits and snorkels (highly attractive!) and prepared to swim with the rarest and smallest dolphins - Hectors dolphins. We didn ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Akaroa

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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