Hooker Valley Trail - Mt. Cook

Faulkner/Blunt visit - Part II

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January 24th 2009
Faulkner/Blunt visit - Part II - January 3-7 I realize if I don't get going on this I will have forgotten all the really fun things that we did during our South Island circuit tour. I knew I should have kept a journal! The trip began early Saturday morning as we headed to Mt. Cook. We stopped for a shop and a bite to eat in Tekapo. Lake Tekapo is listed as one of the sunniest places in ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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