Queenstown Cup

Queenstown here we come!

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February 23rd 2007
It's taking a fair bit of time to keep this going day by day, so I'm going to try and do it by place/date of arrival. We got a flight from Sydney to Christchurch and then on to Queenstown. The initial flight was different as the VP of the US' visit meant there were airspace restrictions around Sydney. The views of NZ were amazing on the plane and the short journey to our hostel was breath-ta ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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