Hectors dolphin

happy new year from Akaroa

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January 1st 2012
We have been in Akaroa on the Banks peninsula for 3 days and celebrated new year here. We went dolphin watching new years eve and saw a large pod of rare Hector dolphins close too for quite a long while. We also saw little penguins feeding at sea again there was a lot of them which is unusual. New years day we went sightseeing in the morning and then sat on the beach in the afternoon a ... 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