Mt Cook!

Tekapo and Christchurch

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April 27th 2010
Sorry for the delay in blog entries! From Queenstown we caught the bus to Tekapo, via Mount Cook (making the journey much longer!), which is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. It looked quite small from where the bus had dropped us off, but we were apparently still 12km away from it! While we were waiting for the bus we saw the tiniest little rabbits in the world. Tekapo is a very small villa ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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