lakeside view on Arthurs Pass

New Zealand - South Island

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June 17th 2007
We arrived into Picton to glorious sunshine - yeyyy!! It was a brilliant journey through the Cook Strait past lots of great land formations and amazing greenery on such steep sided cliffs - wow!! We decided to do a little trip along the coast since we didnt have time to go across to Abel Tasman or Nelson (boo) so we did a coastal drive to havelock which was beautiful but rather windy.... our m ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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