Milford Sound

New Zealand: South Island

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March 9th 2008
We'd had a bit of an emotional time back at home the past week or so, and of course we were very sad to leave and having to say another emotional goodbye to family was hard enough for the second time, but poor Elaine's parents had now been through this 3 times. We restarted our trip right where we had left off, in New Zealand, and again arrived very late into Auckland airport. After 24 hours on ... 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