Holding on for dear life

Crazy Catlins and Into the Head Wind

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March 4th 2010
Pressing on south. The weather cold, wet and grim. Clouds scudding in from the south. Antarctica touched wind blows. We get to Nugget Point and stand at the base of the light house with cliffs on either side and dark clouds rolling in from the southern sea. Below us waves crash and fur seals swim, safe these days from hunters. In a large pool amongst the rocks far, far below us seal pups pra ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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