On the way to Fox Glacier

Fox Glacier

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March 22nd 2007
From Queenstown we travelled to Fox Glacier village with a short lunch stop in Wanaka. We had booked ourselves onto a full day's glacier hike on the famous Fox Glacier and were hoping for good weather (rain + ice = ground like glass!) Luckily the day arrived with perfect weather and we breathed a huge sigh of relief! We had signed up for a guided walk so were taken to the glacier by bus with o ... read more

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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