Franz Joseph glacier hike

NZ's south island / west coast

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March 5th 2009
I've been in New Zealand for about 10 days now - and although I felt like I got off to a bit of a slow start, things are definitely rolling along now. I'm doing the Stray bus (hop on hop off bus route) around the south island first - then I'll head to the north island finishing in Auckland a month from now. Seens loads of seal colonies and a few dolphins. Been doing a bunch of hikes. Abel Tasm ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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