A view we happened upon while driving south

Chapter 4: Hire cars, Hitchhikers and Homemaking

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May 4th 2009
Greetings family and friends! Phil and Chris reporting from Queenstown, NZ! Theres quite alot to get through and im sure your eager to hear what has befallen us, so without any further ado... We left off our last entry having finished our campervan tour, and we were back in Auckland speculating what our next course of action was to be. It was pretty clear we needed to start looking for ... 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