View of wanaka from above

Wanky Wanaka

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March 6th 2008
Day 162 - Friday 29 February It was bloody cold last night. The hostel were staying in doesn't provide you with a duvet and i'd woken up in the middle of the night freezing to death. In the end I slept with two layers of clothes on but it was still cold. As this particular hostel is already booked up tonight, and were going to stay another night in town we moved into the hostel next door whi ... 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