Homer Tunnel waterfall

Final days of the South Island

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December 12th 2005
I have arrived back in Wellington; I almost feel as if I'm back home in a way. After laying over in Christchurch for 4 days being sick and not really anything to do I decided to get on back to Welly. I now have some time to put up some pictures from the last weeks down on the South Island, and tell a little bit about what we did. Wanaka is by far my favorite town of the South Island, I would e ... read more

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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