Lake tekapo and Mt Cook.

January 8th

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January 18th 2009
Today we got some new tires for the car. The back ones were warn right out and Niv actually popped one on the way to Queenstown. After that we stopped at puzzle world just outside of Wanaka. It is a huge maze outside and inside it is filled with optical illusion art and strange things like that. After that it was up to Mt. Cook. Along the way is a really nice Lake called Lake Tekapo that you follo ... 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