road out of Tekapo

Brass monkeys

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May 3rd 2007
hi all, new zealand is absolutly amazing. just had to get that off my chest straight away. well we've made our way south on the southern island since our last blog in Kiakoura, firstly we went to Hanmer springs for a night and spent a wonderfully relaxing day in the spa there, the water was loverly and warm just a shame that it was out door and absolutly freezing (new zealand has just entered wint ... 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