Kaikoura Christmas Day

Christmas Greetings

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December 25th 2011
Merry Christmas to all our friends and relations reading this. We are in Kaikoura and the photo is taken on Christmas day, very hot but there is snow on the mountains in the background, so we did have a white christmas. Yesterday we went whale watching and saw 6 one stayed on the surface for a long time allowing us to to take lots of photos. Hope you are all having a great time we will ... read more

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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