Baldwin Street

Dunedin

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December 10th 2006
Dunedin is a very pretty old town and has a distincly Scottish feel about the place (I think Dunedin is Edinburgh in Gaelic or something). It is also the home of NZ's oldest university which was set up by the enlightened Scotsmen. I thought that a good way to see the place would be through a city tour. We saw Baldwin Street which is the world's steepest street, the university and all the oth ... 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