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Mount Cook- Aoraki

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June 22nd 2010
Mount Cook was beautiful, we went for a little walk, where we went to the Blue Lake- which was not blue, and to Tasman Valley Glacier View. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » National Parks » Mt Cook National Park

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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