Waterfall

South Island adventures

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March 9th 2011
Hello all, so I said farewell to Christchurch for the timebeing. The trip is supposed to finish there but the hotel is in the red zone so not hopeful we will be able to stay there. Never mind - that's 10 days away and for the tour company to worry about, not me. I am beginning to feel like a broken record and am running out of ways to describe the landscape of New Zealand so I'll just sum it up i ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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