Yawning Seal

A Whale of a Time!

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April 18th 2009
We arrived in Picton, only to drive straight through and head south down the east coast to Kaikoura. Only a few minutes outside Picton we were surrounded by vast expanses of vines with tall mountains in the distance. The rolling hills and mountains in the foreground were dry and yellow rather than the lush green slopes we had been used on North Island. The coastal road towards Kaikoura was bea ... 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