Juvenile Shags

Day 409-411: Totaranui to Nelson, New Zealand

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March 13th 2010
Thursday, March 11th Happy birthday Stefan! We hope you have a special day and an amazing year now that you are back in SA. God bless you old friend! After breakfast we walked down to the beach to see what the breeze was doing. We were hoping for a calm morning so that we could take Birdsy for a paddle out in the bay. We were not disappointed. The sun was blazing and there was ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson

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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