LAKE WANAKA

EVERYTHING THEY SAID ABOUT IT IS TRUE

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July 18th 2006
Hi there, You know how everybody tells you how great some places are and you get there and you wonder what they have been going on about, well, when it comes to New Zealand and all the wonderful stories we had heard about it we have to report that every word is true ...and then some. Having spent an uninspiring three days in Franz Josef due to the poor weather and the snowy journey mentioned ... 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