Mitre Peak - Milford Sound, New Zealand

Good Times in Christchurch & Stunned in Milford Sound

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September 2nd 2007
We arrived in Christchurch at 12:30 and were welcomed by our old school mate Linda from Stirling, who has been happily settled in New Zealand now for four years. The first thing we experienced on arriving was the cold, which was comparable with Scotland in January so it was a shock to the system given we'd been thouroughly acclimatised to the tropics for the past month. No more Daniel Craig/Jame ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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