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December 21st 2006
Kiakoura is the main tourist destination in New Zealand to go whale watching. It all started way back in the eighties when a local diver got himself in the newpapers for swimming up close to the visiting sperm whales. Kiakoura is ideally placed on the edge of the oceanic tectonic plate and therefore not to far from the shore the seabed drops away hundreds of feet and provides the necessary diving ... 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

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Ben & Jo

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We're about to set off on our very own adventure. Traveling first to Canada we will take a tour into the Rockies and back. Then from Vancouver we will weave our way down the west coast to LA then, time permitting venture into Mexico and hopefully Belize or Gautamala. From LA we will fly to Fiji for a two week break.....It's Jo's BIG birthday and being 30 I couldn't think of a better place to be all depressed!! Christmas will be spent bungy jumping in New Zealand then Sydney for New Year..... : ) can't wait. We'll have nearly 6 months in Oz so we may use our working visa's : S To finish of... full info

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