Last weekend we went out for a walk to Red Rocks. Apparently the Maori believe that Kupe, yes the same Kupe that was hunting a giant octopus in one of our previous posts, came here hunting for shellfish. One clamped his hand and his blood stained the rocks red.

Besides a location for the misadventures of the famous Polynesian explorer, Red Rocks is known for it’s New Zealand fur seal young bachelors who were unsuccessful at achieving the status of breeding male in South Island colonies.

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