Franz Joseph walk

New Zealand's South Island

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March 17th 2012
Hi Everyone! I apologize for how much I have procrastinated blogging about the remainder of my New Zealand trip. I have put it off so long that I have done lots of other interesting things and they are more pressing on my mind. I really want to write about snorkeling on the great barrier reef, which I did last week or riding on The Ghan, which I am doing right now. But that would not be Chrono ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound

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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