Mount Cook and the glacial lake.

South Island Part 2

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December 27th 2006
Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After leaving the southern tip of the South Island, we headed north up to Dunedin. Dunedin is famous for its Otago rugby side, Speights Beer (which is very good we might add!!) and blue and yellow eyed penguins. The blue penguins are the rarest penguin in the world, so we were both very keen to see some. So we headed out one evening to the viewing point only to fi ... 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