Drive north of Kaikoura

New Zealand, Part 1: South Island

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April 1st 2018
Kia Ora - greetings from New Zealand. “As the planet heats up environmentally and politically, it’s good to know that New Zealand exists. This uncrowded, green, peaceful and accepting country is the ultimate escape” (Lonely Planet, New Zealand, 2016, p. 4). There are 4.6 million New Zealanders “scattered across ... an area bigger than the U.K., with one-fourteenth the population. Filling ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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