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Royal Albatross colony, Otago Peninsula  
   

Royal Albatross colony, Otago Peninsula

South Island
57. What life is this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare

July 15th 2009
(N) By the start of July, we had both stopped working, as our visas had expired. We spent the first day of the month cleaning and packing up the flat into boxes, throwing some warm clothes into a couple of smaller cases because the next morning was my birthday and we were flying down to Christchurch to start on the 2nd part of our South Island trip. You know you’re getting old when…the firs ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Stewart Island

New Zealand Flag 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
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