seals

Picton, New Zealand

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May 2nd 2009
Today was our last day in the South Island. We headed out to see the whales around 9:00am this morning and we had a 2 hour drive ahead of us. On our way we drove by a lookout and mom said she saw seals so I found a place down the road to turn around and pulled back onto the road. Problem is, I pulled into the RIGHT lane, absentmindedly. Neither of us caught it and I must have gone that way for a q ... 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