Lake Wanaka

Sight seeing on the South Island

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May 8th 2008
As our time passes in NZ we decided to take a week long road trip to see the rest of the South Island. We crammed 2300kms into a week of travel. The first day we shot over to Wanaka, only 1 hr from Queenstown, to have a light lunch and to take a look around. Wanaka is similar to the mountain town feel as Queenstown just without all the tourists. It's also located on a beautiful lake- with lo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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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