The view up the glacier

Franz Josef

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June 3rd 2008
To cure our hangovers, we stopped at a place called the Bushman Centre for breakfast - apparently they serve the best possum pies in NZ! Ok, so admittedly we did pass on possum pie and had cooked breakfast instead, after venturing into what I can safely say is the WEIRDEST museum I have ever been to. We were shown a video about deer farming first of all which had men jumping out of helicopters try ... 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