Stop by river

New Zealand Road Trip

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May 3rd 2007
Day 14 - Thursday 3rd May Left Lake Wanaka 10.20 ish Gem drove today. The weather was dry and quite warm and sunny. It was a nice scenic drive through tropical forest and mountains to the coast which was very similar and green. We stopped at Haast beach which was pretty with the green mountains close in the background though guess what... there were loads of.... SAND FLIES!!!!! We must be very ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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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