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Milford Sound and Queenstown revisited

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March 7th 2011
Edited to add: video at Milford Sound airport We got up really early and headed out to get the bus for Milford Sound. The trip itself is pretty long, about 4 hours. We stopped off at Te Anau and this is where we would be staying for one night when the bus came back from Milford Sound (or so we thought). When we got to Milford Sound, the weather was spectacular. The water was as flat ... 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