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Lake Tekapo to Mount Cook

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January 25th 2012
Drove from Tekapo to Mt Cook.....great hike to Hooker River Valley to see the Tasman Glacier.......check out the pictures!!!! The hike was incredible......tough one uphill.......warm day for here....up to about 27C ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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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