Lake Pukaki and Mt Cook

Wanaka rain and Mt Cook RAIN

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December 21st 2010
Hmm...it's pouring properly today. I think time to find some good coffee and perhaps be a tourist for the day. How dull. ~~~ And so, after a cup of coffee the sun was out again in Wanaka but the mountains in the distance were not really pushing the cloud high enough. However, I was beginning to wonder if I should head out and give it a go anyway. I popped up to the DOC office to pick up ... 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