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Day 100: Kaikoura's resident dusky dolphins‏

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March 19th 2013
<pre style="line-height: 21px; white-space: normal; color:񬠜 font-size: 15px;">We'd had to plan today down to the tee as we had finished our Kiwi Experience pass and New Zealand's poor public transport system had let us down. The planning was all going to be worth it - to swim with the dusky dolphins. But then the weather played havoc again, and rough sea conditions meant the ... 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