View from the Purple Cow

Wanaka

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February 10th 2008
Wanaka. South island. So picturesque. New Zealanders really are spoilt with the scenery. We stayed in the Purple Cow for 3 nights. It was time to give our credit cards a bit of exercise so the adrenaline-filled activities started with a bang. We arrived to a Sunday afternoon of rain, a bit like home.....so we booked to go canyoning the next day. Passed the afternoon at Puzzleworld. I thi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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