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Salut !

First Vin Chaud of the ski season...& no snow (or skis)
Vin Chaud en Akaroa avec le pies de la mince !

December 27th 2013
Following the stunning beauty of Kaikoura and our Xmas day sunshine, we started boxing day watching albatross and whale, and finished off in the middle of a francophile filled volcano cone. Like an ice cream but without the flake. Apparently the French 'bought it' from the Maori in 1838...not in the military sense, you understand...in fact in that sense the Maori 'bought it' from a ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Banks Peninsula

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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