First sight of Mount Cook

Aoraki Adventurers

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November 19th 2006
Sunday 12 November After breakfast we made a reasonably early start on our walk up the Hooker Valley after getting well kitted out in coats, hats and gloves. It certainly isn't a wonder that a third of the Mount Cook N.P. is covered by permanent snow and ice! Our first stop was the Alpine Monument, which was dotted with numerous little plaques commemorating lives lost in the area and a testam ... 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