Kea Parrot

Very intelligent birds that like to get their beaks into everything: tents, backpacks, cars, windshield wipers...whatever. You must play a game of placing rocks around your property and splashing them with water if they pass the invisible line, then they leave you alone.

Our Kiwi Campervan Adventure

January 13th 2011
Our next OS trip: New Zealand. Flew into Christchurch 10ish and went straight to pick up our new home for the next 12 days: a six berth Backpacker campervan. First surprise was the amazing scenery of Arthurs Pass, just a two hour drive from the capital of the South Island. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Arthur's Pass National Park

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

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