Christchurch, Kaikoura, Marahau, Abel Tasman National Park, Barrytown, Franz Josef, Makarora, Wanaka, Queenstown, Milford Sound, Mt Cook, Rangitata
May 12th 2011 Saturday 16 April: I slept until 9.30 am, because I arrived very late the night before. I went down to the reception, paid my accomodation for Saturday and Sunday and asked what I could do during the day in Christchurch. There was not much to do in Christchurch, because the city was destroyed by an earthquake as most of you know. I walked to an ATM, made a reservation for later that day (2 pm) at
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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 
