Road to Milford Sound, Fiordlands National Park

Reflections of the South Island (NZ)

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October 3rd 2006
I am leaving Dunedin tomorrow and returning home to Melbourne for a few weeks before heading away again. I will be travelling through Mongolia, Beijing, Vietnam and Thailand until mid December when I will then relocate to Switzerland to join my other half, Anne!! Our initial plan to live and work in Cork (Ireland) for a while has been superseded by a brighter opportunity in Basel, Switzerland. ... 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