Getting Ready To Walk The Glacier

New Zealand

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December 3rd 2010
Thursday 18th November: As most of you know I'm now in Australia and John is back in U.K. were the snow is falling. But here on the travelblog it's still November! Back on the road travelling southwards to Franz Josef. We arrived early, about ten-o-clock, so we'd got most of the day to spend. Although it wasn't cold, infact it was very warm in Franz Josef, we were told it was quite chilly on the g ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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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