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New Zealand - South Island - Dunedin

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March 8th 2015
Hi everyone, well had very nice sleep in ATTIC !! Found out some history about spooky house, it was built in 1907 as a private hospital, after 50 years it became a hotel and has been a youth hostel since 1981, (same decor! ). It caters for over 64 hostellers, has 105 doors, 5 staircases, 11 loos and a roof garden but not ventured out there yet. So this morning we went sightseeing, being a Sunda ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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