Me & Nicole

Wanaka to Te Anau to Queenstown

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March 21st 2009
Right now, I'm looking out my window at the gorgeous view from my hotel room. We arrived in Queenstown yesterday and from what I've seen, it looks to be a pretty cool place. From Harihari, we drove to Wanaka. As a class, we didn't do much. There was a geology field class on yet another watershed project. These are basically public streams for runoff. Wanaka was the place where I celebrated St. ... 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