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Dunedin

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February 16th 2007
After Rotarua, Stevie & I flew to Dunedin - the wannabe Edinburgh. (Dunedin's great and all the streets are named after Edinburgh - but it doesn't compare to the real thing.) We've had a great couple of days here including visiting the excellent Otago museum which had an Antarctic display which is giving me ideas for the next trip. We had a look round the grounds of the very pretty Lanarch cas ... 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