Takahe

This is one of (if not the) biggest of the remaining flightless birds in NZ. It was actually believed to be extinct until a small population was found high in the mountains on the South Island. About half a meter tall it is still a far cry from the Moa that roamed this country before the Maoris arrived.

Going South on the North Island

November 4th 2011
Same Shit - Different Topic I drove into Raglan, settled down at the bar at a hotel and soon after Katka and her surfer friend Noah joined me. They gave me a quick update on the town. It is about SURFING. Apparently I had stumbled into one of the premier surf spots in the world. A Swedish guy I met at the backpacker place I stayed at, told me that he had been dreaming about that place for 15 year ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington Region » Wellington

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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