Background: 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, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.
March 6th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier It sure feels nice being in a country that speaks English but that of course doesn’t come without a price. In Indonesia I was eating a 3 course meal with a large beer for $5USD. In NZ, I would ... 14 photos[full story]
April 6th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier It's about time for an update! No photos this time I'm afraid - I have so many that they're going to take ages to upload so I'll do a big job lot when I have some time - probably when we get back to ... [full story]
March 28th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier well, we had some money left, and decided to go by helicopter onto Fox's glacier. It takes you right high up onto the ice, where it is so quiet. I thought we'd just wander around, but no, we must clim ... [full story]
March 14th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier Time for a challenge, anyone? From Queenstown we headed for Wanaka, a small town about two hours north, along a series of ridiculously windy roads (did I mention we were out late the night before?). I ... 11 photos[full story]
February 16th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier Ok I'm chasing my tail here.....going to quickly try to recount the last few weeks in NZ even though I've left there for South America already......so excuse all typos etc......could be messy.
We' ... [full story]
March 9th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier I finally spelled Haast correctly. Could not find it in the guide books because I thought it was Hast. Oh well. It is just a wide spot in the road. The rain came down in sheets last night.
We went f ... 5 photos[full story]
March 9th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier after that night we headed upto the next Glacier i mentioned, Fox Glacier.
in this one we had some goings on. i actually booked to hike upon to said Glacier and try my luck against mother New Zeala ... [full story]
February 9th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier Today was definitely one of the highlights of my trip to New Zealand, maybe of my whole adventure so far. We woke up really and got dressed wearing shorts on the bottom, and lots and lots of layers o ... 11 photos[full story]
November 18th 2007Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier Okay, let's speed things up a bit and continue our journey northward on the west end of South Island.
After leaving Queenstown, we headed north to Wanaka,where we stopped at the totally cheezy an ... 5 photos[full story]
March 3rd 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier After leaving Queenstown, we drove to Fox Glacier. It was again a beautiful drive, first through the sunny hills and plains between Queenstown and Wanaka, and then through the impressive rainforest&he ... 19 photos[full story]
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