Dunedin-Queenstown

A wee trip to Dunedin...

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June 22nd 2006
I finished exams in semester 1 and Caleb got told he had to go down to Dunedin for a couple of days to work. Not wanting to miss out on the action, I insisted on tagging along and we arranged for Caleb to drop off his work rental car in Queenstown and fly out from there a few days later! While Caleb did his work I wandered the streets of Dunedin and got cold and was sleeted on (what the heck is ... 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