lake hauroko

settling into tuatapere

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February 5th 2010
we've been in tuatapere for almost a week now. turns out, we are in the middle of farm country. there are hundreds of sheep farms in this area... a drive around reveals large green acreages littered with thousands of sheep. they are so cute! the population of new zealand is about 4 million people... there are about 39 million sheep in the country ... about 9 for every person! most of the shee ... 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