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Queenstown & The Remarkables Ski Field

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July 14th 2009
After leaving Wanaka I got the Magic Bus to Queenstown. I was planning on staying three nights but as it was the school holidays and it was weekend I'd only managed to get a bed for the first night and I wasn't sure what I was going to do after that. The bus dropped me off at Resort Lodge Hostel. The American lady that ran it was very grumpy and unfriendly and everyone was complaining about her ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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