Mount Cook

South Island, New Zealand

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January 26th 2008
Hello everyone! We're currently in the North Island and we've got about 2.5 weeks before we're off to South America for the last leg of our trip. We arrived in Christchurch from Sydney on January 4th. Christchurch has the feel of a rural English city, there is a lovely Cathedral in the city centre and a pretty little river runs right through the middle of town with rolling grassy banks. We v ... 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