New Zealand Bush

The Wild West Coast

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March 16th 2009
After leaving Cromwell, we drove past Lakes Dunstan, Hawea and Wanaka, on our way to the Haast Pass. These are beautiful lakes. Paua decided that Lake Hawea was her favorite of all the ones we had so far seen. After passing the end of Lake Wanaka, the road wound upwards through bush to the Haast Pass. It didn't feel so very high up, due to the towering mountains which now surrounded us, and a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast

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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