Quest for the Kiwi 04

base camp in Okarito

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November 24th 2007
The Franz Joseph Glacier After we arrived back in Queenstown, we had our fill of pizza and our first of many tastes of Monteith's beer. Our rental car, that we picked up the following morning, was a hatchback Corolla and was Steve's dream car. He loved everything about it including backing up, as did the culvert and PBC pipes he would later encounter. Within minutes we grew accustome ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast

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

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