English trees on the Dog Stream walk,Hanmer Springs

A Quiet Day in Hanmer Springs With a Stroll Along the Dog Stream

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March 15th 2022
We definitely chose the best and the right day to drive through Molesworth Station and back to our base in Hanmer Springs as the cloud have come down over the distant hills in the Waiau Valley that we can see from our apartment and rain threatens. We were pretty relaxed about what time we started our walk but as long as we made it to the end of the track and back into the village and called in ... 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