Albatross

Oor wee visit tae Dunedin

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March 4th 2010
We left Mount Cook with a spring in our step. Our time there had been great and we were really looking forward to getting to Dunedin. Dunedin is old Gaelic for Edinburgh and the impression we had from the guide books was that Dunedin is a little piece of Scotland in the South. It was about 3 and a half hours to Dunedin and our first stop was at the Moerikai Boulders. These are big, round boulders ... 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