Beautiful Kaikoura

Whales or No Whales???

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May 28th 2011
Geo: -42.4023, 173.681No whales! Tour was cancelled due to rough seas😞 We woke in the morning on Saturday to clear skies and little wind. The waves were a lot smaller than they were the day before and it looked great. We went to the tour place to check in and they said there was a sea sickness warning for our tour. I bought a pill and took that and then we waited outside until it was ... 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