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Yellow-crowned Kakariki (Cyanoramphus auriceps)  
   

Yellow-crowned Kakariki (Cyanoramphus auriceps)

King Shag in Picton

February 14th 2012
I haven't been posting anything of late because I haven't been anywhere since the last trip to Asia. Well, I have been somewhere - I moved to the busy metropolis of Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island, so I figured that until I go do some "real" travelling again I may as well post short blogs whenever I go on nearby birding trips. This blog is about Picton where I went to see a ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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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