Feeding time

Sea and Seals in Kaikoura

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March 5th 2009
After leaving Nicola and Russell and the grapevine-draped valley of Awatere, we travelled south again. We had thought to go whale watching in Kaikoura on the way to our next destination, but the weather forecast was for high winds and heavy seas for that day, so we didn’t make a reservation in consideration of the girls landlubber tummies. Notwithstanding this gloomy forecast, the sun bla ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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