Dunedin

Dunedin in the Rain

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February 21st 2009
After leaving Christchurch, the most English of New Zealand's cities, with it's parks, gardens, Gothic buildings and lazy River Avon, the next stop is Dunedin, the most Scottish of New Zealand cities. Dunedin, rich with fine architecture and world-famous wildlife reserves is surrounded by hills that form the crater of a volcano which we cannot see due to the low clouds. The weather is still " ... 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