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'It Looks Like W(h)ales Here!'

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December 8th 2010
Another huge drive ... four and a half hours across the country to the pacific coast ... I am often seriously confused about N,S,E,W here ... such as why is the E coast(facing the Pacific) the colder one? Back-tracking from the Abel Tasman NP towards Nelson and then crossing the Marlborough wine plantations before heading into the grassy hills on the way down towards Kaikoura. Passed many beautif ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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