getting left behind on the Speights tour

The Deep South

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November 19th 2009
Next up the South Island- notorious for a more country, laid back lifestyle. I boarded a plane aimed for Christchurch and after an uneventful stroll through the Cathedral marketplace I loaded my duffel on a bus destined for Dunedin, one of the oldest cities in NZ. Even though summer had begun to dissipate the student population that is so prevalent in Dunedin, it still has a relati ... 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