Queen Charlotte Sound

Where is all the native wildlife...?

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November 4th 2016
Left Kaikoura in glorious sunshine after another visit to the seal colony and a few more photos from the peninsula looking in land. We then gave Richard a good confidence boosting talk, telling him the HGVS were just bullying him and jealous of his classy Mercedes qualities... it seemed to work as we sailed through to Blenheim and on to Picton. It was a stunning drive as the road hugs the coast ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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