hiking

Dunedin, NZ

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April 20th 2009
Well we have internet again! Yay. We're in Dunedin, which is a Scottish town in the South Island. There are manyyyyyyyyy stores here...it reminds me of main street in Ann Arbor, only 100 times as long! It goes on for miles and miles. We got here in the early evening so we went exploring a bit before it got dark. We've done tonsssssssssss of walking. Backtracking a bit...this morning we were in ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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