Welcome New Zealand 1st Day

Welcome New Zealand

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June 14th 2006
Ouch it's cold..... We arrived to a very frosty Christchurch airport today, and boy it's colder than Oz. We decided to stay just the night here and head off, as so much to see in 4 weeks. We headed the following morning an hour or so down to Methven, which is a beautiful and pretty little town, where people from the south Island come for the ski/snow-board season. So, once we arrived, an ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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