CYCLING THROUGH MOLESWORTH STATION 230,000 Volts!

Power pylons are never far away. In fact, much of the road was built in the late 1960s to help bring power to the North Island.

CYCLING THROUGH MOLESWORTH STATION

February 11th 2010
“This special place encompasses all the beauty, heartbreak and challenge of New Zealand’s high country frontier.” This quote from a DOC information panel seemed to sum up Molesworth Station. It is a place of big landscapes - with mountains, river valleys, vast eroded slopes and a sense of history. The sort of place that makes you feel very small. Out of Drinking Water ... read more

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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

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