Botanical Gardens

Omarama to Dunedin

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March 5th 2004
A beautiful sunrise greeted us this morning, as we made our way to the hotel restaurant for an early buffet breakfast. <span><span><span><span>It had been a clear, chilly night, and promised to be a nice morning. After breakfast, we started the drive to Dunedin.<span> We drove past Lake Benmore, and stopped at the Benmore Dam which is used for hydro-power. Follo ... 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