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Day 177 New Zealand, Christchurch to Blenheim Via Kiakoura.

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May 14th 2015
Hello People, We arrived in Kaikoura, we wanted to do a whale site seeing tour and a Maori Culture experience but they were about £70 each per person so we decided against it in this place. The whales would have been good but we have seen them out at sea from the ship; and we can always do the Maori culture up north, which will hopefully be cheaper. We walked around the town and had fish a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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