Seal Pups at Kaikoura

South Island New Zealand Part 1: Seal Pups and Snowy Mountains

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May 30th 2010
The ferry to the South Island docks at Picton, and after a gobsmackingly beautiful view of the Queen Charlotte Sounds we wanted to see a bit more so took the coastal road to Havelock where you can also get the finest green tipped mussels in the whole of NZ! Suitably stocked up we drove a little inland to Renwick from where we would take a wine tasting tour of the Marlborough vineyards the followin ... 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