While in Dunedin, we spent most of the time chasing wildlife. Dunedin is famous for its birds. It is the home to the only mainland breeding colony of the northern royal albatross in the world and one of the few areas you can spot the enchanting blue penguins and rare yellow-eyed penguins within meters of […]
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According to Māori legend, Poutini the taniwha (supernatural being) was a guardian of pounamu who swims up and down the west coast of the South Island. One day he travelled north to the Bay of Plenty and came across a beautiful woman named Waitaki and instantly fell in love. Although she was married to another
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New Zealand is home to five species of kiwis. The brown kiwi is the most common and is only found on the north island. The great spotted kiwi is the largest, while the little spotted is the smallest. The tokeoka can grown larger than the brown kiwi. And then there is the rowi. The rowi
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We chose to travel to New Zealand via a transpacific cruise. The cruise departed from San Francisco with stops in Los Angeles, Oahu, Maui, French Polynesia, and the Bay of Islands, NZ, before disembarkation in Auckland. We were lucky enough to find a group of other traveling families that were also booked on the cruise
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While in Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart, you feel that you can see him at every corner. This town that Mozart left in favor of greater and more lucrative music cities, embraces him and honors his life and craft. We toured the house where he was born and first learned to play. It was a
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