Reflection

Church of the Good Shepherd

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June 23rd 2009
Lake Tekapo is simply stunning. This glacier-fed lake is set in Mackenzie country, a region of rolling, dry grasslands. The view as we turned the corner and caught our first glimpse of the snow capped Southern Alps reflected in the water was breathtaking. The Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1935, is a simple stone interdenominational church with a cross silhouetted against the snow clad peak ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Tekapo

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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