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Frans Josef to the north island

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May 16th 2007
Our last blog ended with us in Queenstown, the next palce we were heading to was Franz Josef. As this was a long drive we had a stop off for a night at a town called Wanaka. Not alot to say about that except it had a nice pretty lake. Then onto the little town of Franz Josef which is only really there to provided access to the Frans Josef glacier just down the road, while here we both decided to d ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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