Day 34 - Kaikoura to Anakiwa 16 Ohau Seal Colony

Day 34 - Kaikoura to Anakiwa

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December 22nd 2013
Sunday 22nd December, 2013. Kaikoura to Anakiwa We left the YH and continued travelling north on the highway 1. The weather was iffy again. First stop was the Ohau Seal Colony. Here there was a fabulous viewing platform where there was lots of information on the seals. You could also get quite a lot closer to the beasts than was possible yesterday (if we had known we wouldn't have bo ... 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