The swing bridge at Buller Gorge

Top of the South

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March 16th 2009
Our last day in the south island, Anthony wanted to show the girls an interesting feature: a swing bridge over the Buller Gorge - and wanted us all to walk the bridge. Anthony and Paua both have challenges with heights, but Ant thought the occasion worth a few nervous moments. The bridge was a narrow steel grid, bordered by steel netting waist high on each side, suspended on cables in in an ... 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