Lake Matheson

Hokitika

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November 28th 2003
Wake up pretty late actually. We were to be leaving at 7:30am, so I had an hour to shower, get all packed up and to have some breakfast. Thankfully I’d done it in time, though I was the last to put my stuff on the coach. I had some cornflakes and a cuppa for breakfast. Our first destination was Lake Matheson. This was only a 6-km drive from the village. It was a perfect sunny day today. It w ... 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