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New Zealand - Week 6

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April 1st 2013
Dunedin, Catlins, Te Anau, Queenstown, West Coast, Arthur’s Pass, Picton This week, I turned tour guide and took my dad to some of the highlights from my time on the South Island. First we headed to Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula, where we saw Albatrosses and seals but no penguins this time. In the evening we shared a large seafood platter at a restaurant on the Octogan. Next, we head ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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