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Wanaka

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June 7th 2013
From Abel Tasman we headed over to the west coast of the South Island where we spent two nights. Sadly, our time here doesn't warrant a blog post of its own. We'd planned to visit the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers but the weather was horrendous. Rain had set in and had stuck around for weeks, meaning the trails to the glacier front had been flooded. Instead we amused ourselves by drinking w ... 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